Re: [Sheflug] Re:Bad Information

[Craig Andrews <nospam [at] fishbot.free-online.co.uk>]

Yes, that is true. However, the newsgroup I was on was comp.os.linux. If
this is not a Linux oriented newsgroup, what is? :-)

But yes, I definitely agree that LUG mailing lists are the best way to get
the information you need, simply because the people in them are more
likely to work together on a problem (ie. Richards network) than in a
newsgroup, in which anyone can put in there $0.02 without worrying about
what the response may be.

In other words, LUG's rule!!

Craig Andrews
craig@fishbot.free-online.co.uk

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Life would be so much easier if we 
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On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> >>>>> "Craig" == Craig Andrews <craig [at] fishbot.free-online.co.uk> writes:
> 
>     Craig> What I was meaning was the LUG presence in the newsgroup
>     Craig> area. It seems that in some of these newsgroups, at least,
>     Craig> they are becoming a world unto their own.
> 
> Well, they've always been that.
> 
> It's just that there are so many of them, and so much misinformation.
> Where do you start?  And trying to correct misinformed people who
> _like_ their particular style of misinformation is unprofitable.
> People using Windows[1] and afraid of Linux and *BSD _want_ to hear bad
> things about the free OSes....
> 
> I'd rather be here on ShefLUG where people actually thank you for
> telling them straight.  Even if occasionally Richard goes bonkers with
> his network.  :-)
> 
> I think the best strategy is to always be running Linux, do cool
> things with it, and when people ask how'd you do that, you tell them.
> 
> 
> Footnotes: 
> [1]  And it's not just them; as you've noticed by now, I don't thank
> people for telling me good things about GUIs.  We all have our little
> blind spots---why deal with people who have BIG ones?
> 
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