I reference my learned friend to exhibit A - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg15408.html
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Statements that are slanderous or libelous, including making > accusations of criminal conduct in the absence of an indictment or > conviction. > > 3. Product marketing, business development, or business lead purposes. > > 4. Use or distribution of others' comments or e-mail addresses for any > purpose other than to discuss relevant issues pertaining to approved topics. > > 5. Posts which interfere with the customary communications on the list. > > 6. Postings by fictional or non-identifiable names and addresses. > > 7. Posting false or fictitious statements with the intension to > deceive. > > 8. Using or extracting subscribers’ email addresses, organizational > information, or any other mailing list attributes, for derivative mailing > lists of any form. > > 9. Actions, that while not described specifically here, are similar to > the conduct described.* * > As such I think it is pretty clear we are way OT here. Simon Vass Managing Director E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 email: [email protected] skype: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Barnard" <[email protected]> To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 7 October, 2011 6:43:37 PM Subject: Re: [LUG] Serious question Hi TIm, On 7 October 2011 11:47, Tim Schofield < [email protected] > wrote: Why do people think that on a LUG mailing list where you would normally expect to see appreciation of software freedom and what it gives people, what we actually get is fierce defence of someone who always stood against everything that Free software stands for? I do not think it is "fierce defense of someone who stood against everything that Free software Stand for", but rather admiration of an individual who went against all odds to present a line of quality products, for any one who could afford them, to use. Appreciating someones work and the contribution they have brought, Open source or not, should not be considered against Free Software. A large chunk of the fonts we use is thanks to Steve Jobs. UI are getting better and better, thanks to Apple, handheld devices are getting prettier and carry out-of-this-world technology thanks, to many including Apple. I am not an Apple or i<Anything> fun, but I do appreciate the contribution Steve has made and will laud him for that. However, agreeable with you is the S2N ratio lately on the LUG mailing list. I think we have no clear guidelines that give direction of what is discussed on this mailing list and hence, everything goes. Anything that anyone feels should be discussed gets posted. Perhaps we should describe an expected code of conduct and expected discussion items to curtail the happy-go-lucky path that this LUG list has taken. I was puzzled when a WIndows question was posted to the LUG. I am sure it could have gotten answered, but common, this is a LUG list. -- Mike Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in a million chances happen 99% of the time. ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). 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