David, please tell me you weren't part of this...

[Eric.Malenfant-xNZwKgViW5gAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org]

Well, this has now just made the front page of Digg <www.digg.com> - 

- Eric

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Christopher Browne
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 1:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [TLUG]: David, please tell me you weren't part of this...

On 2/2/07, Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> http://www.crncanada.ca/content/software/opinion-this-publicity-li.sht
> ml
>
> Kinda makes me proud that I unsubscribed from the ubuntu-ca mailing 
> list a few weeks ago. Geez, how can such good software so badly 
> represent itself to the public?
>
> I have to generally agree with the author about the sheer stupidity of

> this action. Can I assume that TLUG had nothing to do with it?

I know I never heard about it...

The fact that they refer to a 10 foot tall penguin causes me a little
bit of concern, though...

The thing about protesting is that if you're going to do it, you have
*GOT* to make sure that:

a) You're sitting on a *clear* "moral high ground."

Ergo, anyone that is discussing engaging in breaking copyright (e.g. -
burning copies of "Vista" CDs) isn't on that ground.

b) You can trust the others you're protesting with.

That the guy with the decent laptop doesn't trust the others to take
care of it doesn't suggest that there's much trust to go around.  And I
certainly wouldn't trust the guy talking about burning Vista CDs...

If nobody was willing to pay for a spool of CDs to give out Linux/Ubuntu
CDs, that's also an indication of lack of "community spirit."  If you
can't get a group of ten would-be participants to toss out $5 apiece,
they're obviously not even as economically committed to this as they
might be to, say, buying lunch today...
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