[ale] What did we want?

[H P Ladds]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com>wrote:

> I dunno about that.  Maybe Linux just got good enough that a whole lot of
> tech support isn't needed.  My brother now runs linux on his machines, and
> while he is a power user he has no skill or interest in actually
> programming.  He just finds Ubuntu easier and more secure than the
> alternatives
>

I agree. Who needs the "switchboard" when we have the Google.

God Bless UEFI. It might bring back the Installfest.



> -- CHS
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> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:
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>> On 1/28/14, 6:34 PM, Vernard Martin wrote:
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>>>
>>> Summary: The attendance itself was a sign that ALE is on its last legs.
>>> It doesn't matter what we want as obviously no one showed up to even state
>>> what they wanted :)
>>>
>>>  Perhaps it's because Linux as a community-based alternative to big
>> software vendor hegemony is on its last legs.  A Windows alternative with
>> excellent hardware support and buy-it-and-turn-it-on convenience appeared
>> in the form of a re-ascendant Apple, and most Linux usage was vacuumed up
>> by a traditional for-pay model as presented by Red Hat.  If you have
>> vendor-sourced classes and certification tests instead of self-assembling
>> forums, IRC channels, and listservs, community is no longer all that
>> important.
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