Dear [fname],

brian_d_foy on 2005-07-28T03:03:34

Since I'm on the press list for OSCON, I get a lot of email from the various advertisers and exhibitors who want me to say nice things about their product.

Most of them really have no idea who I am, what I do, or what my readers do. This one has even less clue:

Dear [fname],

We would like to make a point of meeting you at the upcoming OSCON meeting in Portland, OR.

Maybe they want to get together to ask me how to use Template Toolkit.

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that's not even funny

avik on 2005-07-28T05:31:34

I usually laugh when I get a piece of mail from some computer, but this one almost makes me cry. Apparently, they think their letters are similar to leaves on the tree -- they can land on anyone's head -- doesn't matter who. To them, you're not even a number anymore... Very sad.

Well, they weren't using perl...

nicholas on 2005-07-28T08:35:57

They cannot even have been using perl. At least with perl everyone would get a different, personalised wrong name

Meetings at OSCon

ziggy on 2005-07-28T13:36:14

I think you should accept their invitation:

Dear [shill],

I am actually quite interested in meeting with you at [event] in [location]. Unfortunately, I am quite busy. If you have time, maybe we could meet for dinner at [restaurant]?

Sincerely,

[publisher]

Re:Meetings at OSCon

dha on 2005-07-28T18:13:41

s/dinner/[meal]/ s/Sincerely/[sentiment]/