[wellylug] Nandor on Linux

[Martin Wehipeihana]

wtf?

all i said was the "nzlug were concerned ..."

and "bad image" was my summary of the postings on nzlug not my own opinion

as for my own leanings, i'm a redhat user i couldn't care less if nandor 
or any other member of the greens used mandrake.

martin ;-)

jamie wrote:

> Hiya,
> 
> First of all "..Bad Image.." is a subjective analysis. I'm sure there are 
> some Green Voting, Linux toting users who would disagree with you.
> 
> Secondly, whilst I think inviting Nandor as *an individual* is fine by me, 
> the inference that Nandor's party political leanings have any relavance here 
> is not.
> 
> Leave political lobbying to the likes of NZOSS or Openz. Incidentally they 
> need to stay apolitical. Why? If Government adoption of Open Source systems 
> and Open Standards is a key plank to OSS success, then it's a good idea not 
> to be on the side of anyone. In politics, friends today are enemies tomorrow 
> (or maybe by the next election). I'll say it again. 
> It's_better_not_to_take_sides.
> 
> Leave LUGs to users. Nandor can join. Cool. As long as we treat Political 
> posts the same as commercial posts. Leave it at the door please.
> 
> (heh. Only this sort of problem would happen in a Welly Lug. :-)
> 
> jamie
> 
> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:53, Martin Wehipeihana wrote:
> 
>>i think nzlug were more concerned with the "bad image" nandor support
>>would give. they were more concerned about his non-linux activities.
>>
>>i might even attend a meeting if nandor was there!!!
>>
>>martin
>>
>>Jonathan Harker wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I hope I haven't jumped the gun or stepped on any toes, but I have just
>>>fired off an informal invite to Nandor's parliament address to join
>>>WellyLUG, or if he's too committed, perhaps swing by one of the meetings
>>>for a talk, chat etc.
>>>
>>>I'll keep you posted if he replies!
>>>
>>>I suppose he has probably had similar approaches from other LUGs.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Jonathan.
> 
>