On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 01:53 +0530, Dinesh Joshi wrote: > reports. He is constantly blaming OSS and how stupid FOSS / Linux / > OSS developers are. At one point he was about to say: Linux kernel is > st00pid!!!111 But he didn't dare. > > I feel it's time that people don't take us lightly. >
The best way for the community to strike back, is to hit where it hurts the most. Stop buying PCQ. (read all products / companies not supporting OSS / FOSS / LINUX) This will be a *small* but important first step. Next, create awareness of why we do not recommend the company/ product. Perhaps (not sure of the legal issues of this), put up a whitelist and blacklist of companies and products, most important a *peer review* of *WHY* stated Clearly. People who understand and believe this could maybe "mirror" this list on their own sites/ portals etc. (good when considering visibility) Recommend against these products. This list (wiki / portal ?) should categorise, industry wise perhaps stating the reasons why. Maybe this should not go directly on the LUG site to avoid any unnecessary complications, since there might be luggers who do not agree but perhaps be hosted on subsections of lug members hosting their own websites and linked from ilug ? thoughts? I'm game. Think we should adopt the motto: "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem". remember : This will be hard for the newbies just yet, so it upto us who have been around for awhile to take lead. ? any takers? thoughts anyone? regards Erle p.s. on the PCQ issue, please do not waste your time. if you really want to try fedora, get a hold of the original FC5 dvd. checked it out, pretty neat. The only think PCQ is doing is taking FC products and adding more bugs/ instability into it owing to the incompetence of their "tech" team. better still. Wait for ubuntu "dapper drake". you will NOT believe your eyes. _ see other mail "linux world : sydney" for details on ubuntu, novell desktop, xgl _ -- The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner. -- Mark Twain -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
