The VAR Guy is blushing. Earlier this evening he was researching companies that run Ubuntu Linux on servers and desktops. Soon, he stumbled across an intriguing Ubuntu case study involving a company called T & A Lingerie. That’s when the fun started…
This is a family web site, so The VAR guy will keep this clean. According to the Works With U 1000 (an online survey of businesses running Ubuntu), T&A Lingerie of Moreno Valley, Calif., has one Ubuntu server, five Ubuntu desktops and two Ubuntu laptops/mobile devices. In fact, the Ubuntu systems manage CRM (customer relationship management), ERP (enterprise resource planning) and file serving for the company.
But was this survey response for real? Or was it a lame attempt by some red-light district Web site to spam The VAR Guy and grab some eyeballs?
Intimate Details
The VAR Guy did some fact-checking. First, he investigated the T & A Lingerie site. (Hey, it’s a work assignment…). Then, he checked in with T & A Lingerie Operations Manager Gary Martin. “Are you really running Ubuntu?” The VAR Guy asked in an email to Martin.
A few minutes later, Martin’s reply hit The VAR Guy’s inbox: “Thank you for your inquiry,” Martin wrote. “Yes we are running Ubuntu 8.04 and we love it. We have been free of Microsoft Windows XP Professional for two years now.”
Freedom has never looked so good, The VAR Guy thought to himself.
To check out the Works With U 1000 survey of companies running Ubuntu — or to participate in the survey — visit The VAR Guy’s sister site: Works With U, the independent guide to Ubuntu.
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It was only a matter of the time before we saw The VAR Guy in women’s underwear. What’s next? We dare not even think it.
Varguy, I think your blog has been hacked. In Google Reader, I am seeing more than a hundred links to various pharma-related terms. It seems to be either an iframe or javascript hack.
Shall try and send a screenshot to an email id.
You threw caution to the winds to perform your professional duties? I’m glad you’re so committed. After all, it has long been recognized that those who work in IT should be committed.
Meeven: Thank you for the tip. You were correct. The VAR Guy was hacked but we’ve got a few ideas to stay safe.
If this posting is about Ubuntu Linux, then why is a variation of the FreeBSD “little devil” appearing in the article masthead. Shouldn’t that be a cute little penguin?
@Hal: You caught The VAR Guy in an error. Looks like it’s time for our resident blogger to hire an art director who understands open source.
Lots of interesting people use it: http://www.jackiesjungle.com/2008/09/22/my-ubuntu-screenshot
And lots of very interesting smart people use it too
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