I'm inclined to agree with Keith here. If he want's your valuable marketting information, he should be a bit more committed.
If he's "really" interested in Linux, he would know these things already. Anyone can lurk for a while and/or do some legwork, to get what he's after. I also like Aaron's points about sheissters like these and what to tell them. This has the cold clammy an sickly ingratiating yet non-committal feel of lazyness and market research. He want's something for nothing figuring that since he's from the big M you'll be licking his teeth for freebees and handouts. Persoanlly I'd tell him the truth is out there, and it's free. If he's want's a promotion, make him work for it the old fashioned way, because everything I want happens to be free. Marcel On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 21:22, Keith Robinson wrote: > Personally I can't imagine providing any info, feedback, suggestions or > opinions to anyone named "Name Omitted." If someone genuinely wants my > opinions they at least tell me who they are. > > -- > Keith > > On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 04:11:47PM -0700, Jon Copeland wrote: > > I'm on a few linux mailing lists and one of the contributers happens to work > > for the beast itself, what would your comments be on receiving an email like > > this? Personally, I rate myself a 5 on a scale of 1 - 10 on linux knowledge > > so I consider myself to be a linux newbie and I believe I am not in a > > position, or have the knowledge, to sustain any commentary based on what the > > beast would like to know. > > > > So in good faith of sharing knowledge for the greater good what are your > > thoughts on the below text? > > > > -j- > > > > =================== > > Hi, > > I noticed some of your great postings. Would you mind sharing some of your > > insights with me about why Linux can be a good solution for home users? > > > > I am a Microsoft employee doing some research on my own, so I can make > > recommendations to our managers about how we can really make Windows much > > better for the home. Believe it or not, I think there are a lot of great > > things about Linux, and would love to learn more so I can make useful > > suggestions on improving my company's products. > > > > If you could spare a few minutes, I would love to send a few questions, > > asking some of your opinions. > > > > By offering suggestions through this survey, you give Microsoft full > > permission to use them freely. We can't guarantee we will use your > > suggestions, but we will review them for use in future products. If > > appropriate, we may explore your feedback further. We will not provide > > compensation for your suggestions submitted through this online survey, > > though we appreciate your feedback and look forward to building better > > products with helpful feedback such as yours. > > > > Thank you > > > > Name Omitted > > =================== > > -- Marcel Lecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
