On 12/2/05, jan gestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 12/2/05, artus amak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think that it is not right to flame or insult people who are less > knowledgeable in linux. I know that we do have lists for newbies and so on > but think of it this way.. who would be there to help these people if most > of the advanced users, who would most likely be of much help, are on the > other lists. Newbies then would remain newbies...I suggest that we all take > the upper hand in helping as much people as possible either they are newbies > or techies who just need help. Remember people that the reason why we have > open source codes, programs and so on is that we believe that knowledge and > information is for all. Everyone has a right to it and we intend to share > it. Now we all know here that the Philippines is being taken into control by > the "MAN" forcing a lot of people to just choose licensed softwares... > rendering other people helpless... left without a choice. Now Linux opens a > wide range of solutions specially to Filipinos. I say let the people ask! > And in return let has grab their hands and pull them up! > > > > For the Newbies be not afraid! For the Masters and Gurus... be one! > > > > And remember we are all in the same boat!
I believe that in this mailing list, there are gurus and there ARE Gurus. I emphasized the 'ARE' because I believe they're not endangered species in this list. When I attended the 2004 Open Source Conference, the negative feedback about PLUG (mailing list) is the attitude of some supposed-to-be-gurus that turn-off most newbies from the list. I hope that real gurus would stay and help out the newbies, since that is the spirit of Free and Open Source Software in the first place. Linus Torvalds didn't just come out of nowhere already armed with the technical achievement he became known for. Richard Stallman founded Free Software Foundation and the GNU Project for the proliferation of free software. Linus learned the skills and knowledge he has, and the opportunity to learn was opened by Stallman's GPL. It is everyone's right to learn and real gurus should contribute back to the community that nurtured their knowledge. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
