Re: Activity

rurik wrote:
> 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".

Where from?