I've got several good answers when asking proper questions (including from Nadav Har'El)--so my opinion is that his answer is 100% right. Why have we care about Tapuz forum?
Nadav Har'El wrote: > 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] ================================================================= 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]
