Hi Robert... this is what the prob with u guys.... u never understand we indians...
I'm aksing uthat U prove one msg or one step where u felt that I'm doing business in "FutureOS_Linux" group..... anybody can easily find out that what my group's function...and what messages are telling.... this is almost for newbies and I found in mumbai that many peoples wants to learn linux but they cant afford expensive courses/book...so this is the way they can get some onine docs/pdfs...and read their own... but u have taken my done in wrong way and u have conclude with writing some false decision regarding my group creation.... n e way... thanks...take care... --- Robert C Wittig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello naresh, > > Friday, June 17, 2005, 1:46:46 AM, you wrote: > > nb> Agree with all ur statement !!!! > nb> I think no more discussion required on this > topic as > nb> we were already discussed a lot on same... > > We did? This looks like a pretty new thread to me. > > nb> Now this is time to take some action.... > nb> Let's meet somewhere and try to find sokution of > this > nb> asap....Let's go and meet this college and give > them > nb> idea of use of OPEN SOURCE - Linux OS... > > Yeah... I'll just jump on a bus here in Chicago, > Illinois, USA, and > get off in Mumbai, India, in front of the > university. > > On second though, maybe I'll just stay where I'm at, > and stick to > discussing things, since this is, after all, a > 'discussion group'. > > It is worth mentioning that 'Open Source' is not > limited to 'Linux > OS'... there are a lot of Open Source apps that have > been ported to > other operating systems... *nix of every flavour, > DOS, Windows, Mac, > etc. > > Open Source has to do with a lot more than computer > operating systems, > in my opinion. It looks to me as if it will wind up > being the basis > for a workable 'intellectual property rights' model, > for the 21st > century, and will wind up, in one form or another, > wind up replacing > the mostly-broken copyright laws that are now in > existence, for things > like books, movies, music, etc., in addition to > binaries that have > traditional source code. > > nb> then only they will come to know about it.... > > nb> No use with sharing thoughts offline...Let's do > some > nb> action.... > > nb> thanks > nb> regards....Naresh (Group Moderator - > FutureOS_Linux) > > I went and took a look at your FutureOS_Linux group, > and it has been > on-line for a year, and only has around 30 messages > posted to it. > > I think you are going about the business of trying > to drum up > membership in the wrong way... going around to other > lists, like this > one, and soliciting members, without the list > owner's permission. > > It seems very rude to me...as if you were invited to > a party at this > person's house, and you went, and then you started > telling all the > people at the party, 'hey, this is a boring party, > come on over to my > house everyone, and we will have a better party over > there.' > > If I wanted to attract members from this list, to a > list that I was > starting up, here is how I would do it. > > First, I would become an expert at what I was > talking about. Then, I > would join this list, and I would contribute my > knowledge to this list > regularly, for at least a year, so that I had a > good, solid reputation > with the users, as a fellow who knew his business. > > Then I would ask the list owner if it was Ok for me > to post an ad for > my new group, assuring him/her, that I was not > abandoning this group, > but just starting another group of my own, with a > more specialised > focus, like "LINUX - KERNEL Module Programming", > which happens to be > the stated focus of your FutureOS_Linux group, and > which does not > conflict with the focus of a 'Linux_Newbies' group. > > If I did this, it would take me a year, but my > chances of actually > building a respectable group would be better than my > chances would be > if I did what you are doing, and your group has > already been up, for a > full year. > > You might want to consider rethinking your strategy. > > > -wittig > website: http://www.robertwittig.com/ > weblog: http://robertcwittig.blogspot.com/ > . > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
