[ale] Take the "too passe?" war on-list

[Barry Hawkins]

On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 04:04:10PM -0400, Jim Popovitch spake thus:
> Hi Barry, 
> 
> Allow me to first welcome you to ALE just in case no one has yet.  I've
> been on the list many years, so I've truly seen the best and worst of
> ALE (contributed my best whenever I could :).  
[...]
Thanks, Jim.  I have been very much welcomed.
> 
> I would have to say that in my opinion the downturn of involvement here
> has nothing to do with list content.  I think the downturn mirrors the
> general acceptance of Linux as a standard part of IT life.  How many
> people go to the Atlanta Perl group, or any other long-term IT/Tech
> group, with any consistency.
[...]
You know, that is an interesting point.  I hadn't really thought of that. 
It may well be a factor.  I attend Atlanta Java User Group (AJUG) 
regularly, though, and I cannot remember when we had a meeting that was 
much under 100 users.  Different groups with different focus, to be sure, 
but Java is certainly a standard part of IT life as well.  From what I 
hear AUUG still has pretty good attendance as well, but I have never 
been.

> Btw, my earlier email was just an attempt at humor, not meant to invoke
> a response.  However, since this one is "operational", I've changed the
> subject a bit cuz I'm sure there will be some discussion.
[...]
I like the new title 8^)

> Has Linux become sort of too passe for the hard core geeks?
[...]
If it has for any of you, buy a Mac and join us on the Debian Java 
Packaging Project.  Still plenty of challenge left out there. ;-)

Thanks,
-- 
Barry Hawkins
All Things Computed
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