On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Rob Ludwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Simon,
>
> First, no hurt feelings here, I think I understand what you're saying.

I'm glad to hear it.

> What you're really saying is that we should show a diversity in
> experience and encourage the new people to come out.  And that's
> something I'm absolutely for. ;)

Yeah, though I've been thinking about it, and it's not really "new" or
"beginner" people I'm talking about; my wife has been using Linux
almost as long as I have, now.

I don't think that experience is necessarily the crucial variable here...

Perhaps the real "distinction" (though, again, I'm not trying to be
exclusive) we're trying to get at here is between "geeks", or those of
us who dig computers for computers sake and would have one to play
with even if there was nothing in particular they needed to do with
it, and "users", or those of us to whom a computer is merely a tool to
get stuff done.

Does that sound right?

> --R

--S

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