Yes - ok.... agreed Mick. Sorry John Clarke, when I sent: > John was only expressing his dislike for such spams...
I meant Johnathon Kelly... just trying to defend him a bit, but I should have left it - I meant no harm. Apologies. Jared. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Damien Solley Sent: Friday, 26 September 2003 3:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] This list has changed for the worst On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 01:45, Mick wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm not far from Sydney, so if anyone takes exception to this critisim, I > can easily make the next SLUG meeting. > > There are no FLAMERS on this post, hasn't been, shouldn't be. If you take > exception to what is said in an email, leave it be... kick the dog, beat > your partner, or whatever else you need to do to boost your ego. Don't > infect the list with faceless, gutless rubbish. (ref to paragraph 1) > > This list is for people who; > > a. Are advanced enough to actually confuse the rest of us when they have > problems > b. Are advanced enough to actually help newbies when they are not helping > each other. > > When I see "take your head out of your arse" on the SLUG mailing list, I > know we have problems. That's Microsoft talk for "I found the command line, > nah nah!" > > SLUG is above all that, Slug is about helping and nurturing a growing > community. Slug is the public face of Linux for alot of Sydneysiders (and > possibly much further a field). Slug is where you turn when Debian bites > you on the arse and you somehow manage to get Pine or Mutt to send a big > Linux SOS. > > If this mailing list degrades into some "windows" orientated flame war with > a lot half wit "know it alls" telling people off because they "know better", > then I'll go back to using windows where I can avoid/ don't need to > contact/associate/speak/type messages to people like that. > > So will alot of other people. > > Get it together SLUG, we depend on you, we depend on your knowledgable > members and we more than ever we need a sense of community. > > Like I said, I am available anytime ... Flame this post and you'd better > have it to front the next slug meeting, otherwise, your just datavapour ... > > For all who have kept the faith, and especially for our departing "el > presidenti" and "vice" Brave, Encore, Encore, Encore! > > Mick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
