--- In [email protected], Dirk Tilger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Do we need to spam littlebit in btwn ,to spred linux?
>
> This reminds me to one of the inofficial user group meetings. I had a
> very interesting discussion with a fellow - whose name I unfortunally
> forgot - about user groups.
>
> This Indian fellow asked a first confusing question to me. He said: this
> is a Linux User Group meeting. We should talk about Linux and that's
> what I came here for. Why is nobody talking about Linux?
>
> He told me in India on LUG meetings, people would come in thousands
> togeter, talk a whole evening exclusively about Linux. They would hold
> presentations, small discussion groups and so on. Nobody would ever come
> up with something totally unrelated, such as CBR. As the guy said "when
> I talk with someone about something personal, I have friends".
Dirk, The guy is wrong ;) and you are `misinformed`.
Typical linux session in India. ;) is pretty vibrant(?).
(look at the pic, tux.jpg (dubailug group pic section))
And most of the time, we dont get ample time to discuss about
CPR, we just do it ;)
> The "western" version of LUG meetings, as I know it, is more a gathering
> of people with similar hobbies and thus similar interests. As such it is
> not just of importance to talk about Linux, but also to get to know the
> other fellows personally.
Cool, can be a good add-on for DUBIX**
>
> I believe relatively new "institutions" such as user group meetings are
> are at the end produced out of similar events that have been available
> before in the roots of a society. In India the teacher is very much
> respected. People wandered through the country teaching people about
Not having a teacher was looked down upon as being an
orphan, being poor and a sign of misfortune.
> life and religion for centuries and that is what still happens today at
> the user group meetings - in my eyes.
>
> In Germany men have met at least in the last 200 years in places close
> to pubs and they drank beer
Much of a personal preference, why not qawa?
>and talked about politics and life. The
> typical user group meeting I attended back in Germany was in a pub kind
> of place. One would drink beer, talk about politics, the latest
> inventions out there in the net and also about Linux.
>
> In Sibiria people would probably get together around fire made from a
> freshly cut down tree with one or more bottles of Vodka talk about
> woman, "the government" and also about Linux...or maybe not. ;)
>
> As with the meetings, so is it with the mailing lists.
>
> I believe most of the collisions here on the list come from the fact
> that many people are just act as they are accustomed to. What might be
> okay in one part of the world is causing the worst nightmare in the
> other.
you are right, In a truly multi cultural environement like we have in
Dubai, collissions
occur
because individuals insist on keeping with the standard they are
accustomed to. If one thinks that the one he/she is accustomed to is the
base of such standards, then Dubai is not the right place for you anymore.
In Germany, driving on the road is a charm, everyone strictly adheres to
rules(?), in Dubai, not everyone is pretty cool about rules, and in India
it can't be any better. >>DUBIX@ **
> Finding a common base has turned out to be a difficult job over the
> years. This user group is split into two main parts: the crowd attending
> the official meetings and the crowd attending the inofficial meetings.
> Well... and maybe a crowd attending neither.
===> Hope, its not a personal attack ;) <====
> It would be very nice when we would be able to merge the groups and to
> synthesize a common base. But until then, why don't we let each other do
> what they want and listen each other and learn from us?
Yeah, DUBIX@ is the one. Volunteers are welcome, or atleast
moderators can add a line to the existing buzzzzzzzzzzzzts &
pfssssssssssssszts.
mifthas haris
DUBIX@ : standard base
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