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> Still doesn't quite answer my question, but comes close. In future, if
> Tony is acting for the committee, or as part of the committee, I'd
> appreciate him saying so in his email - otherwise, I'm just going to
> regard such "directives" {which is how his message came across in this
> text medium} with the disdain they deserve - by hitting the D key
> immediately and ignoring them.
It was not a directive from the committee. If you have issues about the way
people feel the list should be run, please post something constructive about
it, rather than flaming Tony or the committee.
> > "Microsoft backlash boosts Linux."
>
> So the title makes the article content?
No, see my next comment:
> > Granted, the article is slightly less adversarial than the title.
>
> Exactly my point. The article wasn;t bad - it was just judged that way
> because of the title.
That's right. I too think the article is perfectly relevant for this list. I
had hoped your question was slightly more general and constructive than
simply a defense of this particular email.
> > > Are we restricting SLUG to the "Can only ask questions if you mention
> > > Debian at least twice" list?
> >
> > That would be a particularly stupid thing to do, given that many SLUGgers
> > don't use Debian. Note: Sydney *LINUX* User's Group.
>
> Yup. Whatever you say, Jeff.
Oh no, please don't confuse the entire history of our user group with my
simple summary. Please see the website:
http://www.slug.org.au/
- Jeff
--
"What inspired you to become a bus driver?"
"Linus Torvalds."
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