On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:51:01 -0700, Tracy R Reed wrote:
> Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> I defy even the most hard core Linux zealot to explain how this post is
>> in *any way" a Linux advocacy post.
>
> I think you all have it wrong and have thought so for years. This
> newsgroup is not really meant to be a place to actually do
> advocacy. Everyone who comes to this newsgroup will already have an
> opinion one way or another and you are either preaching to the choir or
> to the heathons but you aren't going to convert a soul. This newsgroup
> was originally created to discuss how to do advocacy. You may notice I
> haven't posted here much in years. I've been out in the real world
> preaching to the uninitiated and installing Linux on peoples computers
> and just doing cool things with Linux in general.
Good for you.
>
> I implore all of you Linux advocates out there to stop reading this
> group, stop responding to trolls, stop wasting time, and start getting
> the word out to people who as of yet have no opinion on Linux vs
> Whatever (and there are LOTS of them out there). Getting involved in
> your local LUG and Linux related charitable activities (such as
> supporting Linux projects in your local schools like we have going on in
> San Diego), handing out live CD's, and providing excellent support to
> ensure Linux newbies are successful and become Linux advocates
> themselves are the best forms of advocacy you can do.
This group was created primarily to keep trolls away from tech groups, the
advocacy is really more of a bi-product of that than anything else. Of
course, there's no reason we can't do good advocacy here.
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Kier
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