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On Monday 07 October 2002 11:02, Ian Bruseker wrote:
> Aaron, am I on the right track here? Or were you looking to ban the term
> "winblows" from the mailing list as well?
"ban" is a strong word, and something i'd never support. people are free to do
as they will. it would be nice if they thought about what they were doing
when they were doing it, is all.
remember that this mailing list is a public event. it is archived online and
engines like Google even index those archives. anyone who wishes to can
subscribe or search the archives. same goes for our meetings. this isn't some
cloistered secret society.
i just don't see the big deal involved in dropping the dollar signs, though i
can see the harm it does.
> Sure, here in CLUG (on the list, at the meetings), we're a family, we're
> friends (I hope), let's tell it like it is.
and this means saying "winblows"?
> And I agree, when I go to Microsoft sponsored events, I expect nothing but
> M$ cheerleading.
so we should type Micro$soft?
> But if you're
> recruiting, promoting, generally sharing the beauty of Linux to the
> uninitiated, don't hit the person on the head and say "Join CLUG or suffer
> eternal damnation". That's not going to grow the cause.
the unitiated often come to CLUG, and even some cognoscenti find it
off-turning ...
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Aaron J. Seigo
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"
- Albert Einstein
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