[CLUE-Adm] RE: [CLUE-Talk] kuro5hin.org || Are LUGs hurting widespread Linux acceptance?

[Kevin Cullis]

rjohnston at techangle.com wrote:
> 
> We're NOT elitist.
> We're just better than everybody else.
> =8-)

High quality yes, elitist, yes, but also better than everyone else. ;-)


> 
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> [mailto:clue-talk-admin at clue.denver.co.us]On Behalf Of Kevin Cullis
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 8:23 PM
> To: clue-talk at clue.denver.co.us
> Subject: Re: [CLUE-Talk] kuro5hin.org || Are LUGs hurting widespread
> Linux acceptance?
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> You're absolutely correct, but I was also looking at the other comments
> as well.  As a friend of mine has stated, sometimes there is an
> "elitist" attitude about Linux which prevents others from coming on
> board even though it does take some work to find an answer.
> 
> Anyway, gathering info for future reference.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> Jeffery Cann wrote:
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> > Kevin,
> >
> > He makes few valid points.    He tries to say this:
> >
> > 1.  LUGs have install fests.
> > 2.  Because of install fests, Linux must be hard to use ...
> > therefore, the acceptance of Linux is hindered.
> >
> > Maybe Linux is hard to install or configure.  This is a whole nother
> > discussion that has little to do with the presence of LUGs.
> >
> > Unfortunately, he does not compare LUGs to other software user groups.  For
> > example, Oracle, Sybase, Java, MS Windows, MS Office all have user groups.  A
> > company I used to work for, Interactive Software Systems, used to hold yearly
> > user *conferences* where users would travel to wintry Aspen or Vail to
> > socialize and share thoughts about the software and the user experience of
> > the software.
> >
> > The history of personal computing was hatched from a user group.  Members of
> > the Silicon Valley Homebrew club were the first group to build personal
> > computer kits.
> >
> > I would also argue that unpopular software no longer supports enough interest
> > to sustain a user group.  So, by the existence of so many viable LUGs, I
> > would submit that it is a sign of the popularity of Linux.
> >
> > The fact that we like to get together and install Linux does not invalidate
> > the acceptance of Linux.  I had been installing and running Linux for 3 years
> > before I joined CLUE.  When I started Linux, I could barely login to a UNIX
> > system, much less install Linux.  The same was true of my Windows 3.1
> > administrator experience.
> 
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