Re: Activity

Russell Shaw wrote:
>> I have been wondering about this.
>> As the new administrator I was wondering if maybe the lists were quiet
>> because there was a lack of interest in MLUG.
1. Related to your #2.
>>
>> A couple of questions for open review.
>> Is Linux easier and therefore requires less support?
2. Certainly, there has been a remarkable development during say the 
last three years. I agree with your implied answer to your own question. 
Puppy Linux, Ubuntu, Xandros, and Mepis (in my own subjective ranking) 
are now so easy to use, and the forums so good that there is little need 
for support.
>> Has the take up of Linux slowed so there are fewer newbie's?
3. I doubt it; same answer as in 2., i.e. I suspect that there is a 
marked increase in the take up.
>> Are the experienced guys to busy to bother now?
4. Suspect they always were; the ABC and CNET tech forums seem to be 
expanding, rather.
>> (I know my Linux Server support business has been growing all year and
>> doesn't look like slowing. Can't say the same for the Linux desktop)
>> Is MLUG becoming redundant because of the ease of use these days?
>> Should MLUG look at new directions?
5. Don't know.
> I see mlug as better for socializing because it's usually held in a room
> instead of an auditorium. I haven't been for months because i live a long
> distance away.
6. Same problem here - a 600 km "roundtrip".
>
> Cheers
Eric