While in China, I thought I'd test the limits of an "international incident". This Friday I'll be instigating a war between the AMD building and the Intel building. Or rather, I'll be encouraging all of the Red Hat office to buy massive amounts of fireworks, light them in the park of our office, and declare our supremacy over both firms, display our engineering feats, and shock and awe the common employees with big booms and flashy lights.
Email posted below.
Subject: A fantastic WAR!
From: Rob Stryker
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:12:14 +0800
To: My Office
To all those brave engineers who love Red Hat!!!
For a long time now we have worked in a building that bears not our name, but the name of AMD. We have not had the glory and honor that comes with a name on a building. And to all of you, I ask: Aren't we the open source leaders of the world? Aren't we a strong force of engineering might and ability? Don't WE deserve to be recognized?!?! To these questions, WE ANSWER YES!
And so it is, that on Friday, February 6, 2009, at 8PM, Red Hat's Beijing Engineering Office will finally declare that we have had enough of working in a building with "AMD" on it's name! We are tired of being underestimated, overlooked, and minimized! The world has underestimated our fierce character... They have overlooked as us serious competitors, and they do this at their own peril!
And to make it very clear how powerful we are, this Friday, we will display our military might in a fireworks display in the park area across the street from this very building's entrance! We will shock and awe the workers of this building! We will make such explosions and fireworks that all who see it will know the name of Red Hat! I ask all loyal engineering employees of Red Hat to come out, show your support, bring whatever fireworks you can afford, even if just one or two pieces, and help us make this display of military might a reality!
Bring what you can! Wear a fedora, a red hat, or some company shirt, or wear whatever you want, but come and help us make this night a success for all those who carry the Red Hat in their hearts and the ferocious panda in their spirit! If a mere 20 people each bring one fireworks item, we can display to Intel and AMD that Red Hat is strong!
Thursday night, as is customary for the JBoss team here in Beijing, shall be a night full of drinking... but this week, we shall use it to plan our upcoming demonstration. ALL ARE WELCOME. Be aware, that both Thursday's planning session and Friday's fireworks display are "BYOB" (buy your own beer / bombs (fireworks)), but as is the spirit of open source, if we all contribute but a little, the end result is unstoppable!
Let us show the rest of the world, and also the rest of Red Hat, that our office is cooler, smarter, and yes, much more fun than the others! Let us have a splendid little war, and let's do so with style!
- Rob Stryker
JBoss Developer Studio