<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:tahoma,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2">Hi Gordon<br>First of all may I say that I value the work you do for and on behalf of Tlug, as I do all the office bearers. <br>These articles are good for various reasons as your comments say about each link.<br>It helps members keep up-to-speed on various subjects relating to Linux.<br>I for one like the links you provide.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Dave</font><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: gordon dunlop <astrozubenel@googlemail.com><br>To: Tayside Linux User Group <dundee@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>Sent: Saturday, 12 January, 2008 9:27:24 PM<br>Subject: [dundee] Taylug Weekly Articles 5 - Linux Users<br><br>Hi All,<br>This
week is about Linux users, the first article is about<br>characteristics of Linux users:<br><br><a href="http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3720506" target="_blank">http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3720506</a><br><br>This article is about the choice of Linux with an analogy relating to<br>good food & wine (I like that):<br><br><a href="http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/01/09/the-choice-of-linux/" target="_blank">http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/01/09/the-choice-of-linux/</a><br><br>An article about LUGS and how they operate, does this fit how we do
things?:<br><br><a href="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16039/1141/" target="_blank">http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16039/1141/</a><br><br>Social networking sites are in the news, we operate a Bebo Linux site,<br>here is an open source networking site:<br><br><a href="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=154" target="_blank">http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=154</a><br><br>Our recent topic of OLPC has been in the news recently regarding OPLC<br>& Microsoft, here is the truth from the horses mouth:<br><br><a href="http://radian.org/notebook/paradox-of-choice" target="_blank">http://radian.org/notebook/paradox-of-choice</a><br><br>Finally this is not about Linux users but I will chuck it in as an<br>extra, it is about Fortune 500's top 5 companies to watch in 2008:<br><br><a href="http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/11/here-come-the-open-source-ipos/"
target="_blank">http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/11/here-come-the-open-source-ipos/</a><br><br>This is the fifth week of these articles, I would like some feedback.<br>If you think these weekly articles are not pertinent, stupid,<br>irrelevant and a waste of space then tell me, there is no skin off my<br>nose. If you think they are a bit informative then I will continue<br>them, I am just trying something different to keep Taylug members<br>informed about different things that are happening within the Linux &<br>Computer world.<br><br>gordon<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:dundee@lists.lug.org.uk" href="mailto:dundee@lists.lug.org.uk">dundee@lists.lug.org.uk</a> <a href="http://dundee.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">http://dundee.lug.org.uk</a><br><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee"
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