I just want to say that I find value in everything I read here, OT or not. 
IMHO, OT postings are not generally a problem unless they erupt into a flame 
war. As a personal rule, I limit my OT postings to one or two responses per 
topic - Say what you have to say, but don't persue the matter. 
 OT postings can be relevent if they express why we use Linux as our OS of 
preference: cost effective value, freedom of choice, anti-monopoly, superior 
performance, the chance to enhance our own skills and advance our knowledge, 
the spirit of Independence, etc. Like it or not, these issues are just as 
much a part of GNU/Linux as the kernel itself. 
 Just my 2 cents.
  Stu

On Tuesday 10 May 2005 19:41, Jerry Davis wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 May 2005 09:28 am, Bill Earl wrote:
> > Alan Dayley wrote:
> > >While many times interesting, I must say that the off-topic posts are
> > >getting a bit much.
> >
> > I agree. Political discussions that include the word "linux" a few times
> > aren't why I subscribed to this list.
>
> Yet if you are passionate about linux, and equally as passionate against
> the evil empire from redmond, you cannot help but post possibly OT items of
> a political nature when it relates to FOSS.
>
> You know I get "spammed" in snail mail too. Do you know what I do with
> that? I throw it away (delete it) -- so I just mark it read and/or delete
> them from the folder. So it is not that bad. I just enjoy all the rest of
> the posts.
>
> > >So, I have started a discussion among the Steering Committee to see if
> > > we want to crank up a plug-misc or plug-whatever list to handle
> > > "non-linux" traffic.  In the mean time, I, as one PLUG member, vote it
> > > is time we get back to discussing PLUG/Linux/FS/OSS stuff here in this
> > > list.
> >
> > Thank you Alan. Thank you VERY much. And has been pointed out, the off
> > topic posters don't seem to realize or care how far off topic they get,
> > so I'd suggest maybe instead of trying to steer them elsewhere, perhaps
> > a new list more specific for linux questions or linux technical info
> > would be a better answer. That way people would have a resource for
> > asking questions about linux, and getting linux news. With a more
> > specific purpose defined it might be easier to keep that list under
> > control.
> >
> > I'd also vote for a moderated list, but the problem there is, as always,
> > who has time to moderate it?
> >
> > But again, thanks for bringing this up. It's, well, annoying to search
> > through the messages looking for linux info.
> >
> > Bill
> >
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