Yeah I agree, no need to apologise. I can waffle about music and films for ages (as you've all suffered), I think general topics and humour are good for the group. We could all sit there with serious faces and debate the GPL vs BSD license all night but I wouldn't blame people for staying away if we did. Of course there's a place for those kinds of discussions but it can't be the only thing we do.<br>
<br>There has to be room for talk of Chris Morris and Take That (that's one's for you Jo). Oh and of course space for Simon to explain how wrong we all our about whatever the topic might be, it's part of the fun I think. As Simon himself said our motto should be "Come to Liverpool for the Craic" ...or perhaps that should be "crack". I'm sure the council are working on a poster campaign already.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:03 PM, oscillik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oscillik@gmail.com">oscillik@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
i feel i must apologise, as it's me that kinda started the whole tangental music related stuff :-s<div><br></div><div>i was quirky<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">2009/5/8 Andrew Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andy@tensixtyone.com" target="_blank">andy@tensixtyone.com</a>></span><br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 12:30:34PM +0100, Dan Lynch wrote:<div><div></div><div class="h5">
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> I would agree with Vladimir on this one. I know we are called a Linux User<br>
> Group but in reality at every LUG I've ever been to people don't just talk<br>
> about Linux exclusively. There's usually talk about phones and mobile<br>
> devices, BSD, Solaris and all kinds of general FLOSS stuff. I've never heard<br>
> anyone complain about it. There's plenty of Linux talk too as you'd expect<br>
> but it's not a set topic. It's what I would expect at a LUG, perhaps I've<br>
> missed the point of the L in LUG all along. I love Linux and I love talking<br>
> about it but I don't mind if people want to talk about BSD or anything else.<br>
> It seems a little like splitting hairs.<br>
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</div></div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">Yes, but in the same mindset would a non linux user come to a group<br>
named the Linux User Group? our scope and membership covers a wide range<br>
of people but the name of the group is restrictive.<br>
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Don't take me wrong, i'm not on about setting topics or enforcing what<br>
people talk about, thats stupid. I'm talking about naming the group<br>
better than what it is. let it reflect the membership, not dictate it.<br>
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