[wlug_org] First draft of WellyLUG rules and guidelines

[Jamie Dobbs]

> Not all.... & I know several who were quite annoyed that a LUG member
> posted to
> say how useless Linux was & they didn't wanna see it again. They felt such
> posts negative & inappropriate for a LUG list. There were some that felt
> the
> guidelines should specify such messages were not appropriate. We didn't go
> that
> far.  (whispers of censorship by the cabal in the background)

If the mailing list is going to have censorship or control of that kind
then I think it kind of pointless.
I had serious issues with Linux which frustrated and angered me and I made
this quite clear, no-one offered any assistance with the issues or
suggested what may have caused the problem in the first place.
Had someone done this then perhaps my initial 'negative' post could have
been turned around to something positive when someone assisted me in
finding the cause of the problem and a way of avoiding it in the future.
People are always going to have issues with operating systems be it Linux,
Windows, BSD or something else and just sweeping any negative comments
under the carpet without any constructive comment remains pointless.

(Also as a matter of clarification I said at the time that I felt Linux
not yet fully suitable for MY desktop needs, but OK for server situations.
If if this was not what was stated in black & white it was what was
meant).