On Wednesday 23 March 2005 18:46, Steve Litt wrote:
> ALL OF THIS IS MY OPINION. Others will have their own opinions, which of
> course are equally as valid.
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> If I read you correctly, you're referencing 2 different splits. My
> understanding is the SLUG/FlaLUG split occurred because SLUG was too
> restrictive about their email lists, so FlaLUG formed to have less
> restrictive lists.
That is correct.
> My understanding is that SLUG would not allow job
> postings on the main list.
True.
> I know of no troll involved in the SLUG/FlaLUG
> split.
There were none.
>
> In the LEAP/GoLUG split, GoLUG split off because LEAP wasn't restrictive
> enough. LEAP failed to enforce their own mailing list rules, resulting in
> frequent nasty flame wars. There was a troll involved, but he was a
> symptom -- the disease was that LEAP would not enforce their own mailing
> list rules.
Interesting. After FLALUG started, I received an email from a LEAP officer
advising me that we would fail very soon. He told me about another lug that
started in central Florida in "competition" with LEAP and it disbanded. He
went on that forking a lug has never worked, et cetera. I replied that it
was not an us or them proposition and we have no problem with the existence
of slug. We only objected to the mailing list policies of the fellow in
charge of it.
>
> One point I'd like to make is even though FlaLUG forked to create a more
> permissive list, and GoLUG forked to create a less permissive list, the
> FlaLUG and GoLUG lists are very similar -- we both welcome job postings,
> they both have high signal to noise, and neither has nasty flame wars.
I guess FlaLUG and GoLUG are phoenix birds that have risen from the ashes of
flame wars. I hope we can work together for the benefit of our list
subscribers.
Best regards,
Smitty
founder of FLALUG
>
> Steve Litt
> Founder and acting president: GoLUG
> http://www.golug.org
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