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Re: linux-il and on/off-topic.




I don't think it's a bad thing people are asking programming-related
questions. Instead, this is actually what I am interested
in. Moreover, I think the general reputation of linux-il suffer
because it is treated as a mailing list for mostly newbies and
enthusiasts, asking questions of "How do I run LILO?" kind...


Maybe we can peacefully coexist in one mailing list until some brave
soul creates a linux-prog-il one... ;)

Regards,

"Shaul Karl." <shaul@Rakefet.netvision.net.il> writes:

> 
> > Hey !
> > It's offtopic !
> > If you want to help - and it's nice - write her and not to list .
> > 
> ( And he is refering to: "compiling a c++ file with g++ on Linux, and how 
> to access MS-DOS files". )
> 
> I don't think it is off-topic. On the contrary. I think it is very much 
> on-topic.
> I also saw the other day, after I sent my reply, another reply to her. Which 
> shows, in my opinion, that the other replyer did not think it is off-topic 
> either. And he might thought so because he had spent quite a time on a similar 
> problem, or because if he had that kind of help available in another issue, it 
> would promot him in some way.
> >From the more general point of view, I think that we shuold accept almost any 
> message that has something to do with computers. The reasoning for that is:
> 	1) linux-il is a small mailing list (I would say 8 messages a day is
>  	more then the average), and probably only people that have some
>  	interest in Linux are using it.
> 	2) We are a small community.
> 	3) We want to increase the interest and use of Linux.
> 	4) One can always skim the subject in the inbox list and skip a message.
> 	5) As an operating system, Linux has a lot of faces.
> 		1) from: "What is EDO (since only by understanding what EDO is,
> 		one can try to say if it worth buying).
> 		2) through: Is this programming language any good ?.
> 		3) to: MS is implementing a new standard.  
> 	6) I got the impression that on the last few weeks, many messages were
> 	stating: "perhaps it is off-topic, but ...".
> What do you think ? 
>   
> I will, ofcourse, avoid posting off-topic material.
> 
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-- 
-Alexander

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Alexander L. Belikoff			abel@bfr.co.il
Berger Financial Research Ltd.
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