The Scope and Ownership of fedora-list

[Mike McCarty]

Anders Karlsson wrote:
> * Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 at freenet.de> [20080826 21:36]:
>> On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 14:39 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 07:13 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>>>> (Remember: Using Linux also is a political statement)
>>> Maybe.  Maybe not.
>> Well, to newcomer, it's likely not an obvious political statement, to
>> Linux veterans supporting Linux rsp. one of it's flavors (here: Fedora)
>> is a fully conscious active political statement/decision.
> 
> Chosing to use Linux may be a political statement. It may also be a "I
> picked the best tool for the job, and this time, it happened to be
> Linux".

That's my situation. I was requested by an employer who wanted
me to install it. I just haven't removed it, because it works.

>> This might be news to newcomers who regard Fedora and Linux as "a
>> technical alternative to Vista", ... but whether you like it or not,
>> Linux comes with political and philosophical strings attached, whether
>> you agree to them or not.
> 
> That is true.

Umm, the distro does not come with strings attached. However help
from this forum often comes only with strings attached.

> What's not true is the percieved need to ram political and
> philosophical views down the neck of some poor newcomer that requires
> technical assistance. (I've made this point before.)

I agree heartily. I suggest that the non-technical/political aspects
be reserved for another group, like Fedora-Advocacy or sth similar.

> IMHO - the community would be much better served by letting the first
> list a new user subscribes to focus on help rather than
> indoctrination. After all, we do want more users, right? :)

I agree heartily with this sentiment.

Mike
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