Early last year Don Marti forwarded an exceptionally clueless email from a public relations person. His subject line said, "Bad flack! No bisquit!" I nearly died laughing, since (I hate to confess) I've done serious time as a flack myself. Since then BFNB has entered the private lexicon here at Linux Journal.
And now we'll share a few choice nuggets with the rest of you:
"If you would like to speak to _______ executives about ______'s future plans and how Linux 7.1 affects the Internet, network environments and the IT world..."
"______ also doesn’t discriminate against computers using the Linux operating system. The ________ has an open architecture, which means Linux users can customize it for their networks by loading their own proprietary software on top of__________’s software."
"I?am taking?the?liberty?of?reintroducing?you?to? _________ in?case?you?did?not?receive?our?previous?correspendence.? This?is?an?excellent?opportunity?for?the?serious?investor?who,?like?us,feels?the?energy? sector?is?the?place?to?be?in?these?times?of?rising?oil?and?gas?prices.
"The 70's were cool. Earth, Wind and Fire, tank tops and mood rings were all the rage. Thirty years later, in 2001, the 70's remain cool. So don't throw away your old low-rider jeans, choker necklaces or mainframe computers -- what's old is now cool, and it's called retro. ________ let's you retro-fit your old technology into today's hippest platform."
That last one never said a word about what _________ was, or what it did. We must assume, however, that Linux was indeed the hippest platform.
- Doc Searls