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Im sick of you people bitching.
Can't you just hang out? Interesting things get said, and it's a good place to discuss news and related material with "friends"
I dunno, I like the forum regulars, I like to read interesting threads. So what if it's not what the MES once was, it's something a bit diffrent but not bad.
This is true indeed. I've been coming here for quite awhile now, and things have changed, on the forums as well as in the world at large.
When I signed on, there was no Lindows, no Linux-ready PCs being marketed (not by Wal-Mart, where most of the atechnological public can actually get a look at a Linux system) no Lycoris, no ELX: Red Hat was still a server distro whose developers had no intention of doing a desktop distro that was "Linux-virgin" user-friendly. There was no partnership between Red Hat and Big Blue. For better or worse, the Linux community was all on its own without the major corporation backing that most IT managers and other corporate pencil-pushers need to feel secure with adopting Linux. There was no mention of Linux on the financial television networks that attract the attention of businessmen and managers. There was just the lone-wolf Mandrake that attempted to be the user's Linux. Also, there was no Microsoft Windows Product Activation, no License 6, no "phone-home" Windows Media Player. It was the lone cry in the wilderness indeed that criticized the mighty Microsoft. At this time, all the press was giving accolades to "Whistler" (soon to be Windows XP), all saying how this was going to be the best Windows ever, and be a bigger event than the release of Win 95. There was no voice to the contrary. There were no governments debating on whether or not to go Linux and support Open Source. There was just this little web site with me and a couple score other members. Hell, I remember when the Webmaster could actually personally answer our E-Mails!
A lot has changed since then. Perhaps we had some little part in it, but attitudes towards, and perceptions of M$ have definitely changed since then. If this site seems to be getting somewhat "lame", take it as a sign of success. We're winning.
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