Timothy Murphy wrote:
> I was surprised to receive the following letter from this magazine
> after I questioned why they were sending me
> (under the title "Linux Magazine")
> a Blackberry promotion which as far as I could see
> did not have a single mention of Linux.
> 90% of the articles seemed to assume the reader was running Windows,
> while the remainder were aimed at Mac users.
>> ----------------------------------------------------
> Hi Timothy,
>> You were subscribed to the webinar list and RIM is interested in
> reaching Linux developers in order to expand the number of people
> developing for its platform.
>> When it comes to software development we cover a lot of topics that
> don't have a direct dependency to Linux. PHP, Perl, C++, all of these
> will run on a number of different platforms. So I don't think it's too
> far off the mark for us to be promoting a BlackBerry webinar.
>> Thanks,
>> -Bryan
>> Bryan Richard
> VP, Infrastructure & Community
> Linux Magazine Media Group
> (415) 874 5492
> ----------------------------------------------------
>I''l promote a Windows Webinar as I have PHP, Apache, X-Server, Posix,
MySQL on it.
:-)
Windows has more use for PHP, Perl, C++ and such than a Blackberry.
Obviously RIM has paid them.
Printed Tech mags are so "pre broadband"?
--
Mike
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