[wellylug] Nandor on Linux - clarification

Jonathan Harker jharker at massey.ac.nz
Wed Oct 29 14:22:17 NZDT 2003


Tony Booth wrote:

> I'm a bit hesitant to enter the flamefest, but here goes...
> 
> For me, the whole point of coming along to the wlug meetings is to talk
> about, use, and share tips on using, Linux.  Because I think it is fun
> to do that.  Not because I have any political motivation to promote free
> (as in libre) software as some kind of social solution (good on you if
> you do -- I have no problem with that).  
> 
> If you want to invite people along to talk about the free software
> movement's social aims, well then I guess that's fine, but there are
> other groups which might provide a better environment for that.  Of
> course, if those people also happen to be Linux experts, and can provide
> some tips along the way, that would be different.
> 
> Am I missing the point here?

No, that's pretty much how I feel as well. I'm still not sure why there's so 
much fuss about it really  :-)

Jonathan





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