1) I am not against multiple LUG, I am against redundant LUG [refer to my two questions again]
2) Yes, they have freedom to make a LUG, I am not stopping them, I am criticizing them(I hope you agree that is my freedom of speech) 3) Please read my mail again before saying "one Mailing list in the world" I already said that even mailing list for India wont work. The LUG community should be large enough to sustain and small enough to be manageable [without extra efforts] [and Delhi/NCR is a good example of that] Ashish Bhatia Bachelor+Master of Technology 2010 - IIT Kanpur ashishb.net On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Sudhir Gandotra <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Ashish Bhatia <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >What if every neighbourhood had a LUG ? >> Good, but assuming that LUG is not just about mailing list >> and different LUG should not have identical mailing list members. >> (though overlapping to some extent is very obvious) >> >> I repeat my same set of questions. >> Please try answering them. >> what will be posted on ilugD and not ilugJNU and vice versa. >> >> -Ashish >> > > Very good, lets put this into a possible scenario: > Lets support Delhi has 200 LUGs. Each LUG has its mailing list and their own > meetings (weekly, monthly or whatever frequency). > 1. There are people who go to their respective LUG's meetings and subscribe > to their LUG's mailing list. > 2. There are people who subscribe to multiple mailing lists. > The subscribers at No. 2 above will receive more mails, and perhaps > duplicate mails. But, is that a positive argument to stop the increasing > number of LUGs ? > Is the increasing number of emails (some of them repeated) being forced on > you (or someone who opts to subscribes to mailing lists of more than one > LUG) ? > Each one has the choice (freedom) to subscribe to one or more/many mailing > lists of more/many LUGs and with that comes the (possible) irritation of > getting duplicate mails. This kind of person also has the option of not > subscribing to multiple mails, and/or not reading all mails or whatever. > But, no one should have the choice of stopping the growth of many LUGs, even > if they are one street apart, or one home apart. That is a matter of choice > (freedom) of Linux users and not for anyone to stop. > By the way, Ashish, why are you so afraid of having multiple LUGs ? > Is anyone forcing you to subscribe to the mailing lists of all the LUGs ? > Please be careful, because your argument leads to a monopoly situation which > would then demand just one LUG and one Mailing list in the world to which > all people across the world can subscribe. Its important that you project > the future of your thoughts before converting them into your views. > > best wishes, > -- > Peace, Force & Joy! > Sudhir Gandotra. > +91-98101-20918 / +91-93124-65666 > > OpenLX Linux OS, Linux Training, Support, Services, Product Development > Legal.Software @ Fractional Cost : http://kalculate.com > http://openlx.com - International Alliance of LINUX companies > ------------------ > You don't need violence to shake the world > www.humanistmovement.org > _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
