--- Amol Hatwar rollacosta@phreaker.net quoted:
hy linuxers i just come from baroda to mumbai and join the lugm list i am looking for a good linux job here. if any one have a place for me i will very thankful to them i am ready to work as a trainee also i can configure most of server comfortabley except mailserver,database server *snip*
Amol Hatwar rollacosta@phreaker.net then wrote:
This is how lists go to dogs... And this is also why we must segregate it. I agree that a free for all to use and post is a good gesture, but then what do we do to protect our freedom? Such mails do give me a good laugh once in a while, but what mechanisms do we have to discourage such behaviour in the first place? Whatever the opinions and reasons, I feel at a time slated for humungous growth in subscribers like this, one
must <b>rethink</b>
The bottomline: We need to look at an overhaul.
The very reason for a mailing list is to enable exchange of ideas.It also serves the purpose of providing people with a source of help/information in our chosen area of Linux.Without a mix of new n old - how will the newbies learn? If you make a list of things that people are worried about, its basically about: 1) Posts irrelevant to the list purpose 2) Posts not following the posting guidelines(top posting/line length etc)
Think carefully- and you'll realise that these problems cannot be eliminated by splitting the list along any parameter. For eg, You can have a Developer list..what happens when a newbie developer joins? (he promptly violates top-posting/line length guides)
I'm surprised at the level of intolerance here. Nobody protests 'Commercial' marked mails looking for people - but this guy's post for a job gets jeers. Spare a thought for the guy's need -he surely must be desperate if he's posting to a list like this. I agree that there is a need for some order in our list - but i dont think we're going about it in the right way. You talk about segregating lists -who decides whether you are fit to join a list or not? I firmly believe this issue is being blown out of proportion..and hope people will start to get back to the business of linuxing...
regds, kishor
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