[clug] Open Source Software's Dirty Little Secret

[Ben Chaplin]

I concur wholeheartedly.  For three years I've enjoyed watching people  
solve interesting problems with linux but now there is far too much of  
this crap.

Want a good community?  Stop driving people away with offensive, and  
frankly off-topic, threads.

Unsubscribed now.

On 13 Sep 2009, at 08:47AM, James Solomos wrote:

> Unsubscribed!  I might not post very much/ever but these sort of  
> threads
> sure makes me feel horrible and uncomfortable, and disconnected with  
> any
> active "community."
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Conrad Canterford <
> conrad at mail.watersprite.com.au
>>
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> Alright. Enough, already. Please?
>>>
>>> If its not apparent to the participants in this fun little slinging
>>> match, the vast majority of this list are not participating. I, at
>>> least, think it has outlived any usefulness.
>>>
>>> I think we all agree that the geek girls should be allowed to have a
>>> dinner without geek boys present, if that is what they want. I  
>>> think we
>>> all agree that society sucks, and we should all work in our own  
>>> ways to
>>> address that. I don't think half a dozen of you accusing another
>>> half-dozen of being examples of the problem, or the counter  
>>> arguments
>>> from the accused, are helping anything.
>>>
>>> Although, as a side note, its almost convinced me to take a small  
>>> step
>>> to redress the gender imbalance on this list by unsubscribing.
>>>
>>> Conrad.