Re: Those IT guys are loony

jonr@destar.net wrote:
> Quoting Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net>:
>
>
>> Over the past few days some of the IT people on the list started jumping
>> up and down, shouting and hollering. Me included. Some where pushing the
>> Neva distribution others were shaking their heads at compiling everything.
>>
>> What does it all mean? Absolutely nothing. Your distribution of choice
>> and all of the included applications will continue to work just fine.
>>
>> I think the debate about Neva is really about uptime. How do IT people
>> provide good services and lots of up time to the end user? Most IT
>> people are focused on servers, network security, IP address, subnets,
>> compiling or package management etc... While these are good things to
>> think about it kind of leaves the end user out of the picture. The end
>> user wants to check email, surf the net, print and maybe do a mail merge
>> in Word or Open Office.
>>
>> Ever met an IT person that can do a mail merge?
>>
>> The IT industry is all about customer service. IT departments should be
>> providing services and support for the things the end user needs. Not
>> some fancy compile this or that. I argue for end user rights. It will do
>> use all some good.
>>
>
>
> So this brings up a good question: What is AKLUGs focus?
>
> What are the goals for the list and the group? I like the internals of linux, I
> like to know why and how things work, I don't care about a mail merge. I like
> to build servers and tweak them for fun. For me Linux is not about another
> desktop distro.
>
> So is AKLUG still right for me or has the focus shifted to a point where the
> things I enjoy are no longer relevant on this list?
>
> Jon
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These are interesting questions. I would like to learn more about
networks and Linux. However, I don't want to drive the new guy out.
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Received on Fri Mar 16 13:07:34 2007