On 4/6/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You have to understand that, in this experiment, I was playing the _role_ of someone with cheap and/or old hardware.
That person wasn't invited. Maybe we'll be able to get around to that person, eventually. I actually hope we do. But for the event on 31 March, that person was explicitly -- in big bold capital letters -- told not to come. You crashed a party, and then are surprised we don't welcome you with open arms?
I would like to see InstallFests open to as many different budgets and different types of hardware as is *practical*.
I would as well. I believe our standards for what is "practical" may be different. I certainly do not think your goals aligned with ours when it came to the 31 March event.
It was the intent of this experiment to sniff-out where this boundary _really_ lies. (Not where we assumed it lied.) And, in that regard -- proof, ego, and quibbling aside -- I believe that the experiment accomplished its intended goal.
We will have to agree to disagree, then. I believe you are actually working against your own goals. By actively and flagrantly disregarding what others are doing, you encourage hostility and precipitate negative experiences for others. This makes us less willing to entertain the possability of supporting older hardware, not more. It siphons resources away from more productive ends. It impedes progress. -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
