Being affiliated with McGill, I was outraged to find out this one by Mr. Parente. I knew Landmark was trying to recruit on campus, but not this way!
But, this is the reply to Mr. Parente from other students from McGill. I am glad to see that he didn't go nowhere ... for now.
On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 08:33:23AM -0400, Linux Geek wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 01:42 -0400, Jason Carlos Parente wrote:
> > As some of you might know, I am currently organizing a series of events
> > for the IT community. More specifically, I am organizing Introductions
> > to the Landmark Forum.
>
> I don't see the reason for sending this to the McLUG list. While it
> might be interesting to some people (after reading their website devoid
> of any real content, full of marketing speak and feel-good psychobabble,
> I'm definitely not one of them), it has no relevance to Linux or OSS
> making it essentially SPAM. So, please don't send this to this list,
> thanks.
The Landmark Forum: learning through gibberish and obfuscation.
What a bloody load of codswallop. Something creepy and about this
company too, it's got a 1984 feel to it, or perhaps Scientology.
You're right, this easily falls under the guise of spam,
and Jason Carlos Parente should take note of that.
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gradual encroachment of ideas ... But, soon or late, it is ideas, not
vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil ..."
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Mr. Parente's reply was this:
> Hey guys,
>
> I completely see how this could be seen as spam.
>
> I take full responsibility for the frustration created out of this.
>
> Spamming the list was the definitely not my purpose.
>
> Have an awesome day,
>
> Thanks for the input.
>
> Jason
We all recognize Landmark's jargon here of course. I'll look deeper if I can find more about this. I will see that the McGill authorities are fully aware of the risks involved here.