On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Devdas Bhagat spake thusly:
I do notice that most of the older LUG members don't post much on the list. Are we all jaded and tired of handholding people who don't learn to RTFM and just treat the list as free consultancy?
Little wonder : do you recall when we had our last refreshing interesting technical/philosophical debate here ? This list has been taken over by FLOSS missionaries who want to convert all to GNU/Linux. On top of that people blatantly break list rules. And all we do is argue about *that*.
As for lug meets, I don't know what the situation is now. In the past the meets would involve one tech talk and a lot of socialising. The last few meets that I attended were just like lectures, and while many are eager to attend lectures, no one is willing to give them. The socialising session didn't last very long either.
The one I attended was quite good wrt the social atmosphere.
Maybe you did'nt attend a few I did. I agree with Philip about those boring ones. Things, I guess, are no longer for fun -- people with agenda's have a more prominent presence.