First off, apologies for replying in English, while I do think quicker in Maltese, I type faster in English. Secondly I apologize if in any any way I have offended or hurt you, it was nowhere my intention, nor did I believe could my reference to AN PR strategy be interpreted as such. Apparently I was wrong. Sorry.
Now, Unfortunately in Malta we have a strange interpretation of Media Pluralism, that results in each political party having to have proportional air time to the votes (or support) they have. This rule is followed even if the Parties do nothing worth reporting, thus the drab news we have on this Island. This rule is not followed in other areas. As such, Media-wise, a political party, no matter how small or insignificant (and I am not implying that AN is such a party, but merely referring to any hypothetical party which could exist but be small ad insignificant) is at an advantage over any NGO or other body whose legal personality is still in the grey area of the law. If the total running time (i.e. when a pc is switched on) of pcs and servers running linux where to be compared to that of those running windows, I would not be surprised if the ratio where higher than that of the small political parties against the large ones. Sure, not a lot of people run linux on their desktop, but a lot of people access the internet through ISPs for whom linux is mission critical. By Malta's Political Pluralism (unwritten) rules, every time the internet is mentioned on TV, OSS would also have to be mentioned because Apache and Firefox, have a seizable portion of users. AN, used this 'privilege' (note this is not a de jure but a de facto privilige) for coverage to complain about not having enough coverage. On this we are in agreement. I need to re-iterate my opinion that the MLUG should not use the same tactic, and use any media space provided to complain about not being covered. The problem is that when one bangs their feet, I am convinced that, readers will interpret this as an underdog attitude, which you so elegantly argued to be the wrong kind of attitude. So I am at a loss why my example from an origination's PR tactics, upon which we seem to be in agreement to be the wrong kind of attitude for an organization, was interpreted by you as a confrontation of personalities of members of different kinds of organizations who might or might not have suffered because of their beliefs. In any case, this sort of political wrangling is rather misplaced on this list. I would rather invite you to join us at the next society meeting. The AGM discussed to possibility of MLUG meeting all political parties to explain OSS and its implications for IT strategies, before the upcoming election. Your contacts with AN might be useful to ensuring that this round of meetings would be as pluralistic as possible. Philip On 06/11/2007, Ederico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ippermettili, però ma nħalltux hawn. Jien sa ġejt offrut nikkontesta > l-elezzjonijiet ma' l-Azzjoni Nazzjonali u irrifjutajt għal motivazzjonijiet > u raġunijiet personali u politiċi. Voldiri naf x'inhi s-sitwazzjoni aħjar > minn uħud hawn. > > L-Azzjoni Nazzjonali huwa partit politiku, mhux organizzazzjoni > non-governattiva jew kwalunkwe stat ġuridiku/programmatiku għandu l-MLUG. Hemm > nies fl-Azzjoni Nazzjonali li soffrew inġurji, diskriminazzjonijiet fuq > il-post tax-xogħol, trasferimenti, pressjonijiet minn terzi persuni, theddid > u oltre. Dan soffrejthom jien ukoll, u mhux waħdi. L-MLUG, jew xi ħadd > involut, esperjenza dan? L-AN għandhom raġun iħabbtu saqajhom speċjalment > meta ma jkopruhomx biżżejjed mentri l-opinjonisti kollha (li spiss jipprovdu > l-istess pożizzjonijiet liberali) jattakkawhom ma' kull opportunità. Dan sa > fejn naf jien ma jeżistix għal MLUG, anzi onestament ħafna nies la jafu li > l-Linux jeżisti u għaldaqstant aħseb u ara kemm jafu li jeżisti l-MLUG. > Naħseb dik l-akbar problema għal MLUG, u la għax ma jkoprukomx u lanqas għax > ma jtukomx spazju. Għall-ħafna, onestament, intom ma teżistux u lanqas > il-Linux ma jeżisti. Li tqabbel l-Azzjoni Nazzjonali ma' l-MLUG huwa li > tagħmel paragun li ma jreġġhix. Però vera, hemm bżonn li ssir xi ħaġa denja > li tiġi kopruta u nżid li personalment mingħand il-MLUG qatt ma rajtha tali > ħaġa. Dan mhux biex immaqdar lil ħadd, anzi napprezza ċertu > militanza/entużjażmu favur il-Linux. > > Dawk li jużaw il-Linux m'humiex ħafna, u dik hija r-realtà, ma jidhirlix > lanqas li min juża l-Windows qed jiġi msemmi ta' kuljum ta. Forsi deċiżjoni > reċenti fuq livell ta' l-UE kontra l-ippakkeġġjar tal-Windows awtomatikemt > ma' computer ġdid tista' tagħti lok għal offensiva hawn. > > Hemm bżonn tieqaf din il-militanza vittimistika attwali magħġuna ma' > trijonfaliżmu futur u ninsew ir-realtà u kif nistgħu nagħmlu passi konkreti > biex inbiddluha. Il-mentalità tal-vittma, ta' l- underdog, ma twassalx > għall-avvanzi iżda tippretendi li ħaddieħor itik il-vittorja fuq platt bi > dritt. Dik għalija hija problema tad-dinja tal-Linux, staġnata fil-battibekk > mal-Windows. Spiss il-kampanja favur il-Linux hija sempliċi waħda > t'oppożizzjoni għall-Windows, naħseb hemm bżonn li l-istess kampanja > tinbidel f'waħda iffokata esklussivament fuq il-Linux u l-vantaġġi tiegħu di > per se u dan l-aktar meta kif jitpinġa l-Linux huwa tant superjuri. Issa qed > nirreferi għall-kampanja ġenerika favur il-Linux globalment, mhux dik > Maltija speċifikatament. Anzi, inżid, mingħajr ma rrid noffendi lil ħadd, li > f'Malta din il-kampanja favur il-Linux għalija ma teżistix pubblikament > b'mod effettiv, u jien ilni nuża l-Linux regolarment għal żmien issa u > insegwi li jingħad dwaru u nippromwovih ma' min nista'. > > Iffokaw l-aktar fuq dawk in-nies li ma jużawx il-computer biex jilgħabu > (għax ngħiduha kif inhi, dan blokk kbir għal-Linux fejn ħafna nies li > jilgħabu u jaħdmu fuq il-computer mhux disposti joqgħodu jaqilbu minn > sistema għall-oħra skond l-użu), dawk li għandhom bżonn inaqqsu l-ispiża > iżda ma jistgħux jużaw programmi ikkuppjati (nafu r-realtà Maltija > fil-qasam) tipo entitajiet kummerċjali u organizzazzjonijiet filantropiċi et > cetera. Organizzaw skwadra li lesta anke tagħmel dimostrazzjonijiet > tal-Linux lil min hu interessat et cetera li għandha tiffoka fuq > is-sempliċità ta' l-użu tal-Linux, l-istabilità tas-sistema u s-sigurtà > tagħha. Importanti ukoll, taħdmu biex issir verżjoni deċenti tal-Linux > bil-Malti jekk tridu tippromwovu l-Linux f'Malta, u b'użu ta' Malti deċenti > la Ingliżat mingħajr kreattività u lanqas xi Malti maqbud f'ċertu politika > lingwistika antikwata tal-Malti Safi. HEMM BŻONN KAMPANJA PUBBLIĊITARJA > DEĊENTI, mingħajr flus tista' tgħannaq u tbus però ma twassalx messaġġ fejn > jolqot. > > Jien sempliċi persuna li tuża l-Linux regolarment 'l fuq minn sena naħseb > issa, u ma nifhimx oltre dak, voldiri hawn nies aktar esperti li jistgħu > joħorġu b'ideat aħjar. Li kieku mhux okkupat bl-istudji, u proġetti u > organizzazzjonijiet oħra nagħti daqqa t'id fil-prattika, għalissa > offrejtilkom x'naħseb. > > Ederico. > > 3. I disagree, It is our fault (as linux users) we are not reported > > enough, > > don't be like AN; do not bang your feet the media is not covering you, > > if > > anything do not do it through that very same media, do something worth > > covering, first. (at least that will probably be the editor's and > > readers > > POV) > > > > > -- > "Meglio combattere per un sogno, che cedere per un incubo." - Ederico. > > Il patriottismo è "...quella maschia energia e forza di volontà..." - > Enrico Mizzi il "cavaliere senza macchia e senza paura" - Simbolo del > nazionalismo maltese integrale - Otto Settembre 1904. > > "La storia ci mostra come di mano in mano che si andò cancellando il > nostro genio proprio e nativo, crescesse in proporzione la pieghevolezza > servile e una docilità funesta a seguire gli esempi e imbeversi ciecamente > delle massime esterne. Dal che fu ribadito e reso perpetuo il nostro > servaggio, conciossiachè mal può racquistar di fuori volto ed essere di > nazione chi ha perduta la molla intrinseca che ne è l'elaterio e il > fondamento." - Vincenzo Gioberti, nazionalista italiano. > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >
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