[ILUG] Flamefests

[Kevin Dobey]

At the risk and fear of getting involved - (and so i will make this my first
and LAST post on the subject). 

Can I add ...
  I thought drjolt had left this list ??


[And I think Colm holds a very gentle and sensible hand on the tiller -
that's just my view. 
Anyone who feels it neccessary is quite welcome to host ailug @ ailug.ie
(another ILUG) and accept  the costs of time effort and money (and the
attacks) ]. 

And as someone once said on this list ... 
"Bang". 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Murphy [mailto:drjolt+ilug at redbrick.dcu.ie]
> Sent: 28 June 2000 16:24
> To: ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] Flamefests
> 
> 
> Quoting <200006281447.PAA99497 at mail.iol.ie>
> by Ronan <ronan-kennedy at esatclear.ie>:
> 
> > > Why mince words? You [and I presume the majority of readers] don't
> > > want technical discussions on the list, particularly if they're
> > > going to involve Linux shortcomings. Why not say that, put it in
> > > the charter, and and have done.
> 
> > With all due respect, David, I don't know how you meant this to
> > sound, but it reads to me like a spoilt child who hasn't got his
> > way.
> 
> I find it terribly amusing that yourself and Colm have both suggested
> that I'm being childish while simultaneously arguing that differences
> of opinion on mailing lists should not become personal.
> 
> > Why do you presume the majority of readers don't want technical
> > discussions? Personally, I'd welcome them. And if they point to
> > shortcomings in Linux, all the better. I don't pretend Linux is all
> > things for all tasks, and I would distrust anyone who said it was.
> > (I'm not even editing this message under Linux).
> 
> I'm presuming that Colm has the strongest sense of what the ILUG list
> should be, I'm presuming that sense is predicated on his knowledge of
> what the majority of list members want. I've seen more listmaster
> intervention on technical discussions of the demerits of Linux than
> anything else, such as minor technical questions, general technology
> discussion, or business-card-shaped CDs.
> 
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