[Talk] Is AUUG too pro open source?

Con Zymaris conz at cyber.com.au
Wed Jan 21 13:40:34 EST 2004


On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:14:23AM +1030, David Lloyd wrote:
> 
> Peter,
> 
> > i think theres a little bit too much linux advocacy/propaganda on this
> > list. im here for discussions on unix (be it linux, bsd or commercial) and
> > the auug. i would assume that most if not all of the people on this list
> > are aware of linux and what it can do, so perhaps we could keep the linux
> > advocacy to linux/linux advocacy lists. 
> 
> *hmmm*
> 
> <character who="devil" role="advocate">
> And alienate the Linux only crowd?
> </character>

I've never had a sense that there is a 'Linux-only' crowd. Open Source
only, perhaps. 

Most Linux-ers are welcoming of BSD and MacOS X even. In fact, I generally
find that there are more anti-Linux BSD users, which is a shame.


Cheers,

Con Zymaris
EDITOR
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