Ian wrote:

> So on this list you set what people use for mail as well as give advice.

No, I stated the fact that there is no Linux version of IncrediMail.

> Sounds like a dictatorship but I can leave if you wish.

It is a dictatorship, as are all Yahoo Groups, with Yahoo being God (so 
to speak), and the list owner (not me) as the absolute dictator, as long 
as s/he does not displease the God Yahoo.

Beneath that absolute dictator, there is, generally speaking, a 
meritocracy... those with the best Linux chops being at the top of the 
heap, with everyone else finding their level, and newbies at the bottom 
of the heap.

With about 6 years running Linux, I'm probably around the middle of the 
heap, which makes me more aware now than I was when I joined my first 
Linux list, of the wisdom behind the meritocracy model, and the 
structure quasi-imposed on these lists, by the FAQs

This stuff was developed by trial and error, by a bunch of really smart 
people, for demonstrably good reasons.

Stay or go as you choose.

You might want to check out the Jargon File:

http://catb.org/jargon/

There is a lot of history behind Linux, *nix,  Open Source, Free 
Software, etc.

Linux isn't Windows.

Linux/ *nix is about problem solving.

Windows is about having your problems solved for you.



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