On Mon, May 20, 2002, Amir Hardon wrote about "What people think of IGLU.": > You should see what some linux users think about IGLU (They don't like it!). > > Here is a link (The thread name is "BEITAR"): > http://www.tapuz.co.il/Forum.asp?id=236
Thanks for pointing us to that vile thread. Linux-il might have its faults - high volume, high level of chatter (like this :)), a few (but not many!) annoying people, and so on, but most of what these people wrote is extremely unfair, and based mostly on ignorance and paranoia. Linux-il started years ago, when there was no Hebrew on the net so the choice of the English language was natural, and not some elitistic attempts to keep the proletariat out. People who really followed the list would have seen that many people's questions were given very serious and helpful answers (I know that I've gotten a few "thank you!" notes for my answers), useful code was written (e.g., Mulix and Dani Arbel's ADSL stuff, my sendsms) that is now used by many linuxers, dozens of Linux lectures were organized (and not only idle meetings in coffee-shops, though we had these things too), and readers of the list who were willing to learn (and not just "subscribe, ask, be answered, unsubscribe", "Wham, Bam, Thank you Mam!"-style) might have actually learned a lot of useful tips, pieces of trivia, and once in a while even some interesting "articles". The people on that Tapuz Forum thread, especially Doron Ofek, continue a long and shameful tradition in the world, that of xenophobia, the fear of the outsiders. He seems to feel they cannot have a thriving community without putting down the alternative community (linux-il), claiming that they are all worthless and evil, blaming all faults in the Land-of-Linux on the other group, and even suggesting that their home (linux.org.il) should be taken away from there, for the greater good (read: his forum's good). I think that is really shameful. I thought that the Free Software spirit was about accepting the other, cherishing diversity, believing in "live and let live". Somehow Doron Ofek and a few of his friends have lost that spirit. You may not like linux-il, you may even hate it. But this doesn't give you the moral right to open a smear campaign against it. -- Nadav Har'El | Monday, May 20 2002, 10 Sivan 5762 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |The 3 stages of sex: Tri-weekly, try http://nadav.harel.org.il |weekly, try weakly. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
