On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Gary Stainburn wrote:
While I agree with the both of you regarding the contents of this mailing list. Advocacy has seemed to risen from the minority to the majority of posts to this list. This is (should be) a pity as the aims of this list to to promote Linux through helping Schools make use of it and end up with a better, cheaper, more reliable setup. This is still the main aim, and the reason most of us non-school related subscribers are here for - to help these schools. <snip> However, if this talk is putting people off this list then this list is not doing it's job properly. If no schools get any help then we've already lost the war. Perhaps, (Roger?) someone could set up a second advocacy list where these threads could be moved to, and let this list get back to helping schools use Linux.
If I've been reading the same list as everyone else, then I'm puzzled. Every post that I have seen in which a school asked for help has been met by several helpful responses. Maybe those lurking complainants would enjoy the list more if they participated, perhaps by posting a few questions? Just a thought - please don't flame me for it. Michael