I have always viewed this as more than just a Linux group, i see it as a computer technology group that leans towards F/OSS and linux while still being quite in the "know" about other technologies. in fact as far as the help part of the group, i am quite sure an active member could put out an APB for a problem with a windows box and get answers back. when you start confining a group of people to only one specific thing, the group becomes strangled and actually loses people and interest from people. of course you will have the people who do not like some straying from the core, but i can assure you that its a minority.
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Jonathan Sheehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Curt Lundgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The sense of the group, based on the comments in the last day or so, > > is that it's a Linux-only group. > > Curt- > > For the record, this issue has come up before, and has led to long and > merry flame-fests, and actually alienated some people. If I remember > correctly (I think it was less than a decade ago), the consensus of > the people who remained on the listserv was something like this: "We > like Linux and related stuff!" > > How distantly-related you can get before losing people's interest > varies by individual, but most of the people on the list have > experience with (and interest in) BSD, Solaris, SunOS, HP-UX, OSX, > DOS, AIX, IRIX, and/or other worthy operating systems. The average > nlugger has broad interests, and would rather hear someone else give a > presentation about something out in left field, than give their own > presentation on something strictly gnu/linux. > > I think your presentation will be very warmly received. Illegitimi non > carborundum, > -J'n > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
