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| DATE | 2003-07-21 |
| FROM | Sunny Dubey
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: [nylxs-announce] Weekly NYLXS Announcments
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From: Sunny Dubey
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Subject: Re: [hangout] Re: [nylxs-announce] Weekly NYLXS Announcments
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On Sunday 20 July 2003 02:42 pm, Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
> Bring it to the meeting, but this is not really a good policy.
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> We have objectives to reach with education, and without question
> certain tools are better for certain missions over other tools.
So if you are a hardcore C fan, and someone wishes to learn C++, are you going
to recommend one over the other ? Who is to say which is better ?
> Nothing will tarnish NYLXS's name more than suggesting a program
> and a set of tools which fails to me our targeted goals.
That would be the case if the software in question lacked quality. But the
software in question does not.
What will tarnish the NYLXS name is when NYLXS is no longer seen as a pure
catalyst for "good free software" but rather "good free software we happen to
like".
It is my belief that NYLXS should remain apolitical on recommended software.
So long as the software at hand is seen as "good free software" NYLXS should
not recommend one over the other. Instead NYLXS should act as a general
information provider who can recommend a variety of "good free software" for
the job. Free software will seem far more powerful when one is able to have
seven solid tools to get the job done, instead of just one "favored" tool.
Sunny Dubey
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