The YAHOO Groups may be only temporary. However, if it works, it
works. The LUG isn't in any way, shape or form intended to replace any
other LUG...simply another option. I still plan on attending SLUG
meetings. The Brandon group is awesome.
Anyway, your best wishes are certainly taken as intended.
Dave
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 22:41, Ian C. Blenke wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 07:28:26PM -0500, Smitty wrote:
> > The Tampa Bay area has a new linux user's group: We are called FLALUG, an
> > acronym for Florida Linux User's Group. This group was founded by David
> > Meyer and myself to provide a more free forum for communication between
> > gnu/linux users both on the email list and in activities.
>
> Another group in the area? Great! Nothing like more alternatives for
> linux users. No single group can hope to be everything to everyone.
>
> But I really must ask, why the split? Is it merely a email list policy
> concern? Are there conversations I've been missing in the politics list?
> (I hate politics, bickering, and flamewars. Life is too short).
>
> > The website is at: http://www.flalug.org
> > >From that site you can sign up for the email list where you can freely post
> > linux hardware and software items for sale, offer jobs to linux programmers
> > and system administrators, or even post technical questions. At that website
> > you may read our very simple, sensible and straightforward posting policy.
>
> Be forewarned: opening up an opensource list to commercial involvement
> is a slippery slope. Constant barrages of advertisements and
> solicitations, trolling headhunters, and garage sale type ebay folks
> will tend to irritate anyone attempting to ask technical questions or
> have open conversation. This is really why the SLUG list has policies
> against these things: there are no sinister plots behind it.
>
> Yahoo Groups can be a pain though. If the registration process weren't
> irritating enough, those little trailer advertisements on every email get
> on my nerves. The spam is also rather obnoxious.
>
> It would still be fun to join if for no other reason than to pick up
> cheap hardware ;)
>
> In the end, it really depends on the effort or the organizers. If you
> have the time and resources to run another group, I'm sure it will be
> successful.
>
> I wish FLALUG the best.
>
> - Ian
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