[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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