>>>>> "Linux" == Linux Rockz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Linux> <snip> Oh, Arvind? I don't make a habit of not RTFM'ing
Linux> ... and answer far more than I ask questions. That still
Linux> doesn't excuse my missing this stupid thing, but it does
Linux> give me the right to tell you to get lost.
Linux> -srs </snip>
Linux> I don't generally like saying stuff like this or appearing
Linux> mean or anything. I generally prefer a very gentlemanly
Linux> approach to things. But I want to know whether the list has
Linux> any provisions to knock off a clown who seems to think that
Linux> this place is meant for jokes and insults. As far as I am
Linux> aware, this list is meant solely for technical help to
Linux> people (especially newbies) who have trouble installing and
Linux> running linux.
Linux> I hear that certain eminent people have left this list
Linux> thanks to the constant bickering and ego trips
Linux> hereabouts. Having seen the nonsensical and utterly
Linux> childish behaviour of some members of the list, I'm not
Linux> surprised.
Linux> People like Arvind: It doesn't bring Linux in general and
Linux> LIH in particular any credit to have nonsense like this
Linux> raked up in a google search.
Linux> You may be interested to know - googling for "[LIH] Arvind"
Linux> threw this up as the first link:
Linux> http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/SourceForge/11286/0/9042622/
Linux> I wouldn't wanna show my face around after something like
Linux> that.
Linux> [snip]
What's the big deal about these google searches anyway? Are we using
the list to try to project some false image of Linux in India or as a
means of communication between people who use/like/want to use Linux?
I personally don't give a fig for what google or geocrawler or
whatever throws up on searching for Linux in India. An unmoderated
list with over 2000 members from all walks of life and all levels of
experience (with Linux, computers and Internet) is bound to have all
types of messages and threads, good, bad and ugly. Of course, people
with the wrong motives will always find some mud to throw if they're
look hard enough -- all we're doing is perhaps making it easier for
them to find that mud. However, that does not detract from the
usefulness of this list to me.
<List Admin hat on>
As far as I know the purpose of this is list is to facilitate
communication between Linux users in India, and (occasionally) let
them have some fun. If the raison d'etre (yeah my French sucks) is
something else, like projecting an idealistic, aseptic picture of the
Linux community in India, then I'm in the wrong job. Further, I don't
know how to manage a list which serves the second purpose without
heavy moderation and a fascist attitude towards each list member, and
wouldn't want to know either.
<List Admin hat off>
Lighten up, guys. If you just change your point of view a bit, you'll
see that what you consider shameful on the LI lists is only another
aspect of freedom: people are free to make (perceived) mistakes and
other people are free to respond to those (perceived) mistakes.
Everyone (starting with me) makes mistakes from time to time, it's no
big deal.
Suggestions, criticisms welcome.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jul 31 22:48 flames -> /dev/null
Regards,
-- Raju
--
Raju Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
It is the mind that moves
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