[Cumbria] My Word!!!

[Ken Hough]

Schwuk wrote:

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>Ken Hough said:
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>>Sorry, but I believe you're missing the point.  The majority of PC
>>users  (and potential users) find it difficult to muster the courage to
>>install  MS Windows, and that's something that everybody knows about.
>>there's no  chance of them considering 'esoteric stuff'
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>No, I'm not. If we have enough people interested to make it worthwhile, then
>I'm all for it. Currently, I don't believe there are any members of the LUG
>who are not running Linux, so it would pointless to go through an install as
>we have all done, and are using it.
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Not at the moment. I understand we have just lost one.

In the past, we have had (young) interested parties turn up at the 
meets, but obviously they've all been frightened off or at least not 
encouraged.


Ken

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>>It comes back to my point that there seems to be two destinct interest
>>groups here.
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>There are, and always will be various groups, but I do not see how this
>would benefit the two distinct groups that you see at present. Please
>enlighten me...
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I've tried hard to do that, but clearly to no avail.

It's not a encouraging to walk into a room where everybody is talking 
amoung themselves in a language that you don't understand.
I've got to the stage (I believe) that I now understand some of the 
words, but it's not been easy.

Ken