Re: [ubuntu-uk] Guidelines for the mailing list (and Reply-To munging)

2007-01-30 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 29/01/07, Matthew East [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've learnt from bitter experience to look at the addressees on my emails. Matt -- http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF I get messages from two lists in this mailbox; one has Reply-to munging, the other doesn't. I keep forgetting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] getting help - UK List

2007-01-30 Thread Nicholas Butler
Adding my tuppence plus vat to this conversation. Should there be a list ? I think a list somewhere on the wiki and related to the already established LUG list ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/UKLugMembers ) which details people who are willing to be contacted to provide help and assistance

Re: [ubuntu-uk] getting help - UK List

2007-01-30 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 29/01/07, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 22:20 +, Jonathan Roberts wrote: Hi all, I haven't been following the list too closely lately but I've just a quick look through some of the comments about this subject. I hope this hasn't already been said but I'd

Re: [ubuntu-uk] getting help - UK List

2007-01-30 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 30/01/07, Nicholas Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding my tuppence plus vat to this conversation. Should there be a list ? I think a list somewhere on the wiki and related to the already established LUG list ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/UKLugMembers ) which details people who are

[ubuntu-uk] Bill Gates is in town.

2007-01-30 Thread Llywelyn Owen
What with the fuss over the launch of Vista why not email the news channels with request to ask Bill Gates why we should spend money with him on his leaky software when there's a better and free option available? I have. Off to Amsterdam now, where they are trying out OSs solutions to replace

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Guidelines for the mailing list (and Reply-To munging)

2007-01-30 Thread James Dalley
I am sorry, surely I have to click 'reply' on gmail to reply to the point being made by that particular person? but then it clicks to the top and not the bottom as requested by the Guidelines. If I click 'reply to all' would that not spread the point too wide? Advice please- Caroline On

Re: [ubuntu-uk] getting help - UK List

2007-01-30 Thread alan c
London School of Puppetry wrote: Hi Jonathan, I agree but I think the problem is wider than just us isn't itI'm concerned that non-groupy typeslike most of the ordinary world should be able to access Ubuntu and other OSS and know that there is exactly the same expert support

Re: [ubuntu-uk] getting help - UK List

2007-01-30 Thread baza
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 14:30 +, alan c wrote: London School of Puppetry wrote: Hi Jonathan, I agree but I think the problem is wider than just us isn't itI'm concerned that non-groupy typeslike most of the ordinary world should be able to access Ubuntu and other OSS and know

[ubuntu-uk] BBC Vista Coverage

2007-01-30 Thread Benjamin Webb
I was having a look at how the BBC was covering the launch of Vista and found this. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6310599.stm I was reasured that it did mention Linux, albeit only briefly and has a quote from a satisfied Linux user. Is that anyone here btw? --Ben Webb --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Battle of the Operating Systems

2007-01-30 Thread Martyn
The Beeb have got a story on the Vista release here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6310599.stm and it doesn't seem terribly enthusiastic, there's a mention of Apple Linux, but interestingly the Have Your Say quote is *I'll run Linux on most of my machines, it does everything I need much

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Battle of the Operating Systems

2007-01-30 Thread David Morley
On 30/01/07, Martyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Beeb have got a story on the Vista release here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6310599.stm and it doesn't seem terribly enthusiastic, there's a mention of Apple Linux, but interestingly the Have Your Say quote is I'll run Linux on most

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Vista Coverage

2007-01-30 Thread John McCourt
No offense, but Linux is not gonna have any chance at competing with the marketing drive of Microsoft over the next few months. Vista is the BIG thing in the IT world at the moment getting all the attention and until the novelty wears off and that blows over it will stay the big thing. The press

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Vista Coverage

2007-01-30 Thread Colin_The_Technician
Check out the Poll on http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm?dynamic_vote=ON#vote_vista_vote Seems 78.38% of us are not intending to update to Vista. Probably not an acturate Poll as I voted 'no' three times. Must be all those Linux fans boys out there click 'no' all day. :-)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Guidelines for the mailing list (and Reply-To munging)

2007-01-30 Thread James Dalley
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:36:20 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Guidelines for the mailing list (and Reply-To munging) Hi James I think Gmail does not follow some standards anyway. It also makes it harder for a reply to be bottom

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Vista Coverage

2007-01-30 Thread Benjamin Webb
On 30/01/07, John McCourt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No offense, but Linux is not gonna have any chance at competing with the marketing drive of Microsoft over the next few months. Vista is the BIG thing in the IT world at the moment getting all the attention and until the novelty wears off

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Vista Coverage

2007-01-30 Thread baza
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 20:29 +, Colin_The_Technician wrote: Check out the Poll on http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm?dynamic_vote=ON#vote_vista_vote Seems 78.38% of us are not intending to update to Vista. Probably not an acturate Poll as I voted 'no' three times. Must

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Vista Coverage

2007-01-30 Thread Benjamin Webb
On 30/01/07, baza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 20:29 +, Colin_The_Technician wrote: Check out the Poll on http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm?dynamic_vote=ON#vote_vista_vote Seems 78.38% of us are not intending to update to Vista. Probably not an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Vista Coverage

2007-01-30 Thread Roberto Sarrionandia
Though this is probably true it should not discourage members from trying. Marketing Linux has a 'snowball' effect, more users == faster expansion On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 20:43 +, Benjamin Webb wrote: On 30/01/07, John McCourt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No offense, but Linux is not gonna have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Battle of the Operating Systems

2007-01-30 Thread Robin Menneer
Nobody has mentioned that promoting linux is different from promoting an operating system. Until folk are agreed on Suse (which I had until Novell took it over) Ubuntu (which I have and enjoy), Kubuntu, mandrice or other systems, the man in the street is going to stay confused. It's like the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Battle of the Operating Systems

2007-01-30 Thread Benjamin Webb
On 30/01/07, Robin Menneer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nobody has mentioned that promoting linux is different from promoting an operating system.Until folk are agreed on Suse (which I had until Novell took it over) Ubuntu (which I have and enjoy), Kubuntu, mandrice or other systems, the man in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Vista Coverage

2007-01-30 Thread London School of Puppetry
I heard a review on BBC Radio 4 of vista- they called it underwhelming. Caroline On 30/01/07, baza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 20:29 +, Colin_The_Technician wrote: Check out the Poll on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Vista Coverage

2007-01-30 Thread paul mellors
John McCourt wrote: No offense, but Linux is not gonna have any chance at competing with the marketing drive of Microsoft over the next few months. Linux will never compete with the marketing drive of Microsoft. And windows users will never swap until it's just as easy to use and easy to