[geeks] wooo! EMAIL FROM DA MAN!

[Mike Ekholm]

Wow, and you did not even send it from a sunhelp.org address :-)

I wonder if he replys to everyone, or just knows your name from being
so active in the community.

Should have asked him for a autographed Solaris media kit.

On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 07:49:25PM -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:
> I got tired of waiting 2 years for a response from Sun about permission
> to digitize the SS10 product release video tape I have, and put it online.
> 
> So, I emailed Scott McNealy tonight, a couple of hours ago.  Took a wild
> guess that scott.mcnealy at sun.com might work, and fired off a one-page email
> telling him that I liked his anti-MS stance, to keep up the good work, and
> asked him about the possibility of getting permission to put the tape
> online.
> 
> I just got this a few minutes ago:
> 
>  - - - - 
> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:42:10 -0800
> From: Scott McNealy <scott.mcnealy at sun.com>                                     
> To: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>,
>         John Loiacono <John.Loiacono at sun.com>
> Subject: Re: Thoughts about Sun
> 
> Johnny,
> 
> Can you help Bill out.  I dont know why he cant use the tape now.
> Maybe some of the memorabilia would be fun for the 20 year event.
> 
> Bill,
> 
> Thanks for the nice note and support.
> 
> Scott
>  - - - -
> 
> THAT KICKS SO MUCH ASS.  How many other CEOs would take the time to
> respond to some guy who runs a web page?  I guess it IS true that he
> reads all of his mail. 8-)
> 
> Man, I am *SO* pumped.  I know its not really significant, but man,
> this is just so cool. HE REPLIED. 8-)
> 
> Bill
> 
> -- 
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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 -Mike Ekholm

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