On Sun, 2005-07-31 at 16:19 -0700, Scott Leighton wrote:

On Sunday 31 July 2005 4:04 pm, MJang wrote:

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On Sun, 2005-07-31 at 14:27 -0700, Scott Leighton wrote:

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Well, the FAQ is abundantly clear on the subject. It explains the complete rationale.

Dear Scott,

Please reply to the list, that's what it is for, not to me directly.

My mistake. But since you've taken the time to answer my questions personally, which I appreciate, I shall take the time to respond.

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Please show me where. I've re-read the FAQ again. I see nothing w/r/t any analysis in comparison to Fedora or Debian lists.

And why, pray tell, should SuSE or anyone else feel the need to provide you with an analysis comparing the Fedora or Debian lists to SuSE's list?

I ask the users, not SUSE. I believe that anyone who understands the differences has a better chance to dominate the market. I do believe some SUSE users are interested in evangelizing this distro.

Your very question is arrogrant. You do understand that list admins get to run their lists however they choose right?

I do, and I respect it. As I said before, I have no problem with the decision.

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As to comparisions with Fedora or Debian mail lists, that's apples and oranges given that they all have different list administrators and the list administrator gets to make these kinds of decisions.

And on each list, the decision seems to have popular support. What is different about each community? I think it's more than just the arbitrary decisions of a list manager. I suspect it's related to the European bent of the SUSE list membership, but I think that's too simplistic.

I think you are jumping to a wrong conclusion assuming that list decisions are/were made by popular support. While it is certainly likely that SuSE took the opinions of subscribers into account when it made its decisions on how to manage this list, I seriously doubt they put it to a vote.

You're probably right there.

I also think you are reaching to characterize > the the list admin's decisions as 'arbitary'. The FAQs make it clear that some thought was put behind the decisions that the list admin made regarding this and the other listed subjects.

Which gets to my question, with respect to SUSE users.

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I think the reason why people here seem to have trouble answering the question is that it's more sociological in nature. Yes, a bit OT, but who better to understand the differences between Linux users than Linux users?

I don't see where anyone here has any trouble at all answering your question, the trouble seems to be on your end. You simply don't like the answers so you keep harping on the issue.

The answers I get are w/r/t why the decision was made for the mailing list. It does not address (as far as I can tell) the sociological motivations of SUSE users.

It's real simple, this subject has been visited many many times in the past, the OWNER of the list has made a descision regarding this issue and thats that. Don't like the decision, then go start your own list.

I do appreciate the decision and abide by it. But I think the userbase who understands the differences first has a much better chance to dominate the Linux marketplace. Once again, I thank you (and others here) for the time you've taken to consider my question. Thanks, Mike