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Re: [opensuse] What is "Community?"
- From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 16:55:55 -0700
- Message-id: <200606041655.55579.rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
On Sunday 04 June 2006 16:21, Martin Schlander wrote:
> ...
>
> Maybe this extract from the OpenSUSE.org frontpage will clarify
> things:
>
> "Here at openSUSE.org, you'll find a community of developers, end
> users, and other open source enthusiasts who all have the same goal
> in mind. We work together to create and distribute the world's most
> usable Linux. There are many ways you can participate in the openSUSE
> project."
>
> What we try do here is discuss things that have to do with creating
> and distributing SUSE Linux.
That all makes perfect sense and is consistent with Graham Anderson's
answer.
The only real problem I have is in saying that such topics are about
"the community." They're not. They're about the process of creating a
release of Linux. There's no way you can equate the two that doesn't do
horrible violence to the language.
> ...
>
> Martin
Randall Schulz
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> ...
>
> Maybe this extract from the OpenSUSE.org frontpage will clarify
> things:
>
> "Here at openSUSE.org, you'll find a community of developers, end
> users, and other open source enthusiasts who all have the same goal
> in mind. We work together to create and distribute the world's most
> usable Linux. There are many ways you can participate in the openSUSE
> project."
>
> What we try do here is discuss things that have to do with creating
> and distributing SUSE Linux.
That all makes perfect sense and is consistent with Graham Anderson's
answer.
The only real problem I have is in saying that such topics are about
"the community." They're not. They're about the process of creating a
release of Linux. There's no way you can equate the two that doesn't do
horrible violence to the language.
> ...
>
> Martin
Randall Schulz
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