Glad to hear this... John McKelvey
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Simón Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >
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