[sclug] sclug Digest, Vol 80, Issue 4

[Tim Sutton]

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Stuart Ward <stuart.ward at bcs.org> wrote:
>>
>> For me being a sceptic occupies the same landscape as being a
>> religious zealot...I mean if someone pitched up on this list to find
>> out about linux and all they saw was discussion about loaves and
>> fishes they would be somewhat confused right? Likewise if they
>> encounter a long diatribe on the contents of a petri dish they would
>> be firmly in WTF??? territory. Surely there is more than enough on
>> topic, Linux related, stuff to keep this list occupied without having
>> to wonder off topic....
>>
> So are you the thought police keeping us all on topic. The whole point
> of free software is to experiment and off topic is just a part of
> that. If anything we should encourage more of topic discussions
> because that is were the real innovations and ideas come from.
>
> Stuart
>

If people discuss off topic matters there is precious little I can do
about it...other than voice my opinion - which I have done - it hardly
makes me the thought police....

Regards

Tim




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