[Linux-aus] Listless and Sagging

[gareth]

On Wed, 23 May 2007 21:22:07 +1000, "Don Knowles" <donakk at gmail.com>
said:
> Hi,
> 
> I've only just signed up to this mailing list, and I've got 5 days worth
> of emails ... and the last 3 days has been about
> "don't discriminate against women in Linux / FOSS"
> and "we don't do that" or "what are you talking about".
> 
> Prior to that was "there's a Linux logo on that racing car",
> something I already knew.
> 
> I thought I'd be hearing about Linux, what people are doing with it,
> what's new in FOSS etc. in Australia.
> 
> I was really looking forward to that, since I don't know too many people
> who use Linux here in Rockhampton.
> 
> If this list is moderated, is there any chance it could be kept ontopic?
> 
> Or, am I missing the point of a bunch of familiar bods having a whinge
> about anything they feel like ... and I should shut up and go away,
> and leave you all to your entertainments?
> 
> -- 
> Don Knowles

Hi Don.
If you were to filter all the email into a folder using a client like
Thunderbird or just use "threaded" viewing mode then you could
participate in the discussions that do interest you. You could even
start a thread about something interesting you've done with Linux. That
would be approptiate.

Posting that a disscussion on sexism in the Open Source communinty (and
computing in general) is "a bunch of familiar bods having a whinge about
anything they feel like" is head slappingly offensive to me. Almost like
you have just signed up a gmail account to Troll. 

I hope I am mistaken.

Gareth.