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> That is an important objective of this group - to seek to encourage > GNU/Linux users to learn and solve their own problems and those of > others. Sharing starts with each newbie - a problem solved becomes > knowledge that can help someone else. A collection of problems solved > leads to an ex-newbie who is able to help others whilst still learning > more. From there, members often progress to more complex environments > (like upstream development or working within one of the distributions) > where suddenly they are a newbie all over again, learning to solve a > different set of problems. > > Everyone benefits from sharing equally amongst such a diverse group - > locking away one sub-set only encourages an us-and-them attitude that > is unfair and can only act to constrain the freedom of the members > themselves. Neil, I find you incredibly persuasive, as always! Jon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html