Re: tlug: Linux Users Old and New (was: High-end vs Low-end Linux)

[Chris Sekiya <chris@example.com>]

On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> This is hard to parse, especially since you won't confirm that you're
> referring to me.

*snicker* I thought he might have been referring to me.

> But that scale implies a huge drain on resources.  I, and I think I can
> fairly include Chris Sekiya, believe that that drain on resources is a
> threat to our community (not just Linux, but the open source movement as
> a whole). 

Agreed, of course.  If the massive influx of Linux users included a fair
amount of coders, then perhaps we wouldn't lose as much.  Unfortunately,
though, such does not seem to be the case.

> (get the manpage for GNU su; you'll know which one it is because it
> contains a long rant on "wheel privileges" by Richard Stallman---I don't
> go that far, but I sympathize with him) 

That rant isn't in the manpage anymore ... I think it was moved to the
texinfo pages, of which I haven't a copy right now.

> I've also written that I think tools emphasizing ease-of-use often
> lead to technically poor output, at least when coupled with the
> "instant gratification" of WYSIWYG, but that's an orthogonal issue to
> those of "community." 

Again, agreed.

Side note: did you get a Serdar Argic T-shirt?

-- Chris



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