NFB Net goes linux!

[Bear in SFO]

Do you know who I should talk to?

At 06:42 AM 9/22/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>you have not spoken to the right people.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bear in SFO" <BearSFO at PacBell.NET>
>To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 12:33 AM
>Subject: Re: NFB Net goes linux!
>
>
>
>Let me assure you, ACB have no clue what they are doing with their linux
>box either - at least when I call them and ask about their server, the
>answer I got was "well, it just sits here"
>
>--David
>
>At 08:19 PM 9/21/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi Darrell,
> >
> >That's very true, Darrell, but what I'm objecting to is that the
> >original message in the thread stated that telnet and the BBS features
> >of their system would no longer be available.  This, I felt was short
> >changing some of their members, and I thought it was too bad.  I
> >wanted the techies to be more knowledgeable so that their members
> >wouldn't have to give up telnet or BBS access.
> >
> ><smile>  No, I wasn't suggesting that the end users start using Linux
> >out of the box, not at all.  What I was hoping to see was some
> >evidence that they wanted to keep things as accessible as possible and
> >keep the change-over as seamless as possible, thereby not losing any
> >of their members.  Apparently, losing membership access is not
> >important.  I think that is a shame, especially when it is a consumer
> >based organization.  the offhand "we're sorry if this inconveniences
> >anyone..." is a callous and a noncaring way to treat people, any
> >people, and especially those who count on that particular means of
> >access.
> >
> >For some, it may be their only way to talk with others and to learn
> >about the world outside their own surcomscribed lives.  I think that
> >the techies who run the machines at that organization would be
> >astonished at the kinds of people who access their services and if
> >they knew more about their constituency, they might not take such a
> >cavalier attitude toward scrapping the telnet and the bbs services.
> >
> >I don't access their services, but as a netizen of some years, and one
> >familiar with online communities, I can safely say that this BBS,
> >whatever it is, is an online community and there are probably members
> >of that community who need it.  They may not be the vocal members,
> >they are probably the lurkers in the background who come on, take part
> >in the community and consider it to be their home.  There may be
> >others for whom this online community makes the difference between
> >sanity and not.
> >
> >One doesn't destroy a community thoughtlessly with a paragraph or two
> >couched in pretty phrases, not unless an alternative is offered.
> >
> >that is why the topic came up.  That is why I started this discussion.
> >That is why I wrote to the original poster of the forwarded msg to ask
> >about SSH to ask about alternatives.  I repeat.  You can not destroy a
> >community thoughtlessly.
> >
> >Ann P.
> >
> >sy>>>>> "Darrell" == Darrell Shandrow <nu7i at azboss.net> writes:
> >
> >     Darrell> Hi Ann, Keep in mind that Linux is actually not
> >     Darrell> appropriate for most users, especially the command-line
> >     Darrell> interface.  Most people want their technology to be
> >     Darrell> simple to operate.  They're not interested in how the
> >     Darrell> computer works or anything of that sort.  They just want
> >     Darrell> to use it to get work done!
> >
> >
> >--
> >                         Ann K. Parsons
> >email:  akp at eznet.net                   ICQ Number:  33006854
> >WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
> >"All that is gold does not glitter.  Not all those who wander are
>lost."  JRRT
> >
> >
> >
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