[plug] List administration and policy - was RE: [plug] 3 Year Warranty

[Bret Busby]

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:

> 
>  From reading the first post it had nothing or I could not see anything 
> regarding linux so I think the argument is that it "has" to relate to 
> linux maybe I'm wrong.
> 
> Marc
> 
> Bret Busby wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Craig Foster wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au 
> >>>[mailto:plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Onno Benschop
> >>>Sent: Thursday, 5 August 2004 5:16 AM
> >>>To: PLUG
> >>>Subject: RE: [plug] 3 Year Warranty
> >>>
> >>>On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 22:04, Craig Foster wrote:
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Taken Off-List
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>Not quite sure why this was "taken off-list", seeing as I 
> >>>wanted some debate about the subject.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>When discussing a company online, escpecially when there's complaints or
> >>other bad stuff that can come up, I'd prefer it not to be public / google
> >>searchable :) But that's just me...
> >> 
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >This then leads to the following questions;
> >
> >1. Are you one of the list administrators for the list?
> >
> >2. When a person acts as a list administrator for the list, could they 
> >put a statement in their message, indicating that they are performing an 
> >action in the capacity of a list administrator for the list?
> >
> >3. If the above (the response from Craig Foster, about "discussing a 
> >company online"), to is to be a list policy, does that mean that any 
> >references to ISP's and their performance, or, to companies, including 
> >banks, and government departments, like the ATO, that provide online 
> >services, in terms of their ability/willingness to provide linux 
> >compatible support/interfaces, or to politicians, in terms of their 
> >performamce/policies relating to either Linux of open source software, 
> >are to now be forbidden on the list? If so, this could also go to 
> >discussions about whether particular hardware and hardware manufacturing 
> >companies, and, software and software manufacturing companies, are 
> >Linux-friendly.
> >
> >  
> >
> _______________________________________________
> 
> 

Whilst response above, to my message, indicates why the message that 
started the trhread (the one about the 3 year warranty), was not 
appropriate for the list (you are probably not the only one other 
than me, who wondered why the message about the 3 year warranty issue, 
was posted to the list), it does not respond to the content of my 
message.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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 you'll know what the answer means."
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  Chapter 28 of 
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  published by Pan Books, 1992 
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