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
>
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