On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 10:10 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: > Guys, > > Just for the record, since I suspect it's my Blog that has specifically > kicked off this "issue": > > If the community as a whole would rather I simply syndicated > OSS-related posts, then I am happy to do so. > > > I have deliberately syndicated my entire personal blog, because I had > believed, and still believe, that showing a wide range of Ubuntu users > was an effective method of marketing. I did this AFTER consultation with > the LoCo "management". > > I'm not that unusual in having a "side business" (property investment > and training) along side the IT job. Indeed, a straw poll of property > investors at recent property events suggest to me that about 40% of > landlords these days work in IT. > > I do NOT syndicate my work blog to Planet (though, ironically, other > members of the UK Team have blogged about my company!) > > > Personally, BTW, I think an obvious solution would be to have TWO > Planets.... one restricted to OSS-related matters, and one to "about the > people"... though I have to admit I'd only read the "all-inclusive one" > rather than the "OSS-only" one myself. > > > I like to read about Paladine's crusade against bank charges (and was > motivated to sign the Number 10 petition about them after discussion > with him on IRC after one of his blog posts.)... I like to read about > Gary's experience with buying a new Mac (and I'm incredibly tempted), I > like Jono's experiences of what it's like to work for Canonical, I like > Nik's commentary on the evolution of the Social Networking world... and > I like Popey's stuff like the XP vanity lights (good result!) just as > much as I like all our stuff about iPlayer, FSF, OpenRights Group, and > Feisty! > > > I am happy to discuss my actions in public, defend where defensible, and > change where not (I have a relatively Popperan approach to life, and > reserve the right to change my mind when presented with new evidence.) I > am, however, increasingly uncomfortable about the whole idea of > "anonymous complaints". > > > Mark >
The planet is a insight into the lives and minds of the ubuntu-uk community, it shouldn't matter whats on a users post, this has gotten totally out of control and just shows how crap and petty this community is getting [imho]. Sorry Mark, i hope that this didn't sound like a dig. Thanks MooDoo -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
