On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 21:30, District Webmaster wrote: > And since I've got the floor, as it were, am I the only one that wonders > what kind of ego you must need to think that a mailing list needs an > announcement that you're leaving and an explanation as to why?
It isn't a question of ego. The simple fact is that uug-list is a more than a chance to ask about *nix stuff. It's a community. Some of the people on this list I wouldn't recognize if the stepped on my foot, but I consider them friends. You don't just walk away from friends, you say goodbye. Mike's a good guy and he's given alot to the club, the UUG is part of who he is and you can't turn your back on that easily. BTW, that's part of the reason I say that any attempt to enforce on topic discussion is doomed. As a community, we've collectively defined what the UUG is. It won't be easy to change that now that many of us are emotionally committed to the community and our role in it. As far as I'm concerned, the best thing is simply to revise the description of the list so people know what they're getting into. That, and help people realize they don't have to read every message. -- Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://buscaluz.org/ AIM:StuartMJansen> When in doubt, use brute force. -- Ken Thompson, co-creator of Unix
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