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| DATE | 2002-06-10 |
| FROM | Michael Richardson
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| SUBJECT | RE: [hangout] I Bid You All Adieu
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Brendan, while you maybe beating your head against the wall, NYLXS needs a
voice of reason. NYLXS can not learn or grow if everyone thinks alike. Yes
it is hard and tiring to fight up hill but don't quit NYLXS needs you more
than you need NYLXS.
As I understand it NYLXS is not here to write code. However as long as
those who write code for GNU/Linux insist that it is not ready for the
desktop no one will believe it to be. Was Microsoft ready for the desktop
when it launched? GNU/Linux needs to go with what it has on the desktop and
then improve it as it goes.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brendan W. McAdams [mailto:rit-at-jacked-in.org]
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 7:58 AM
To: hangout-at-nylxs.com
Subject: [hangout] I Bid You All Adieu
Due to enormous volume of useless text, and a constant desire to avoid
pontification as much as possible, I am unsubscribing myself from the
list. I can only hope this group, unlike every other LUG, will learn to
temper their views with common sense and acceptance of the views of
others. I have yet to see this from NYLXS and I'm not really holding
out hope anymore.
While Ruben is a great man, and has a lot to offer the world, he, like
many of you and many others out there (and myself in many regards),
refuses to stand down from his views even when proven wrong. This takes
a lot of personal strength but it does not necessarily indicate a strong
individual. It simply indicates an unyielding mind so hellbent on his
own righteousness that he doesn't realise the effect (or lack thereof)
that he is having on the world around him.
Politics, infighting and mudslinging only serve to make it easier for
Windows to continue. Linux is still a relatively unusable product on
the desktop. Yet, rather than accept this fact and work to further it,
groups like this try to force Linux down the users throat. Groups like
NYLXS should be putting together Usability Research groups, and putting
together proposals showing shortcomings. These reports should be going
to groups within or without of the organization that actually work on
the apps in question and make them better. Simply wishing for a
replacement to Windows on the desk isn't going to do the job. Linux has
come a long way in the last few years but I have met very few people who
are willing to go that extra mile to get it there. I've offered on so
many occasions to help in this respect, and get told by people "Our
application is perfect!" or something along those lines that is not only
inane but self centered and blind.
Should NYLXS turn around and being writing code, etc to help meet it's
goals, I would be happy to participate in such groups. A Steering
Committee for said projects would be an excellent beginning.
Until this time, however, I will take my leave.
I fully expect that as my views don't match those of NYLXS that I'll be
ripped apart, cursed at, spit upon and insulted for the next few days as
you analyze my message in painstakingly incorrect detail; again,
apparently the norm around here. Have fun.
It has, as always, been a pleasure.
If any of you need me, you know how to contact me =)
Regards,
Brendan
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Brendan W. McAdams
Mobile: (973)517-9919
"Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why.
Then do it."
- Robert A. Heinlein
"I cannot make my days longer, so I strive to make them better."
- Henry David Thoreau
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