<div dir="ltr">We seem to be asking "Who is taking our active users away?" or "Is Linux so easy and boring that fewer and fewer want to talk about it?"<div><br></div><div style>Would it not be more productive to ask "How do we attract and keep active users?" and "Now that Linux is easy to use for basic things, what can we talk about that is even more interesting?"</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Perhaps one meeting should be dedicated to creating a Business Model Canvass for PLUG. (<a href="http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/canvas">http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/canvas</a>) Yes, PLUG is not a business but it does have capabilities and resources to serve people. What do those people want? How can PLUG provide it?</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Just a note from a lurker.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Alan</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Robert Holtzman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holtzm@cox.net" target="_blank">holtzm@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Wed, May 01, 2013 at 01:43:38PM -0700, Brian Cluff wrote:<br>
> You can always read the archive of the plug-discuss list. It works<br>
> a heck of a lot like a forum.<br>
> Check it out at:<br>
> <a href="http://lists.phxlinux.org/lurker/list/plug-discuss.en.html" target="_blank">http://lists.phxlinux.org/lurker/list/plug-discuss.en.html</a><br>
><br>
> It's also got a really fast search engine in it for finding those<br>
> little nuggets of knowledge that you didn't take note of the first<br>
> time.<br>
<br>
</div>I've used and been frustrated by a lot of list archives but this one is<br>
by far the best I've ever seen.<br>
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