Re: [Linux-aus] Avoiding the easy way out

[Michael Still <mikal@stillhq.com>]

Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Christopher Yeoh">
>
> > Where there are cases of individuals, communities, and companies wanting
> > something different, perhaps this is an indicator that there is room for
> > more organisations and conferences to fill any gaps that may exist.
>
> This seems to me to be the easy way out of making a difficult decision.
>
> In the Linux Australia case, more organisations is clearly dangerous. The
> Government want a peak body to talk to, and that has been the case since
> around 2000.

I've heard that argument a couple of times on this thread now. I fail to 
see why the government finding reality inconvenient is our problem. If 
the government can't handle the complexities of talking to two spokes 
people, how can they run a country?

Mikal