[ale] New Mailing List ... the thread that wouldn't die

[Jeff Hubbs]

I'm not suggesting you have nefarious motives at all.  I am suggesting,
however, that you unwittingly manipulated your informal survey in order
to support a predetermined conclusion.  You didn't ask the first set of
hand-raisers "why?" - you *gave* them a "why" and then measured how many
people disagreed with your statement strongly enough to lower their
hand.  It's a trick pollsters everywhere pull on purpose. 

If you're going to make changes because you want to and you have the
power to, then go ahead; you don't need a chorus of puppets to back you
up.  The market will absorb the changes, one way or another.

- Jeff

Jeff Lightner wrote:
> [Expletive deleted.] I did say it was an informal survey.  There was no
> "leading" involved.  These were impromptu questions I posed based on the
> discussion here.
>
> It is fine to be against splitting the list (perhaps you missed that I
> am on record as being against the splitting) or for splitting it but
> quite another to infer nefarious motives of anyone that you think isn't
> in your camp.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jeff
> Hubbs
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 1:33 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] New Mailing List ... the thread that wouldn't die
>
> Only if you consider "leading" the pollees with only one proffered
> reason to choose from a way to get unbiased information.
>
> Jerald Sheets wrote:
>   
>> Wow.
>>
>> Seems the "theory" holds a bit.
>>
>> --j
>>
>>
>> On Oct 3, 2006, at 12:03 PM, Geoffrey wrote:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> Jeff Lightner wrote:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> FYI.
>>>> Last night I went to AUUG (Atlanta Unix Users' Group) and just for  
>>>> the
>>>> heck of it asked if anyone was on the ale list as they discuss  
>>>> Linux a
>>>> lot during the pre-session.  One person said he was but only  
>>>> grudgingly.
>>>> I then asked how many had heard of the ale list and several hands  
>>>> shot
>>>> up.  Finally I asked how many had unsubscribed due to OT posts and  
>>>> most
>>>> of the same hands stayed up.
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> A valid issue which I think needs to be addressed, in some way.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>>
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