Tux rumored to work at Microsoft

[agabriel at coe.neu.edu (Anthony J. Gabrielson)]

What they fired there smartest employee?

On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Derek Martin wrote:

> 
> For those that missed it, the USB group (www.usb.org) maintains a database
> of companies that are part of the group, with contacts for each company.
> 
> Evidently, either Tux secretly works at Microsoft, or someone hacked the
> site, and listed Tux as one of Microsoft's contacts, for the "USB-IF
> Representative".  His contact information was listed thusly:
> 
> Company Name: Microsoft Corporation 
>             Name: Mr. Tux The penguin 
>             Title: Linux Mascot 
>             Email: tux at linux.org 
>             Phone#: 555.1212 
>             Fax#: 555.1212
> 
> 
> Apparently, tux has been fired, or the site was repaired, because he's
> been taken off the contact list.
> 
> Tux was found at this link:
> 
>   http://www.usb.org/app/db/search/contacts/by_company?comp_id=1118
> 
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