[mdlug] are we dead yet?

[Wojtak, Greg]

On 7/25/07 9:15 AM, "Ingles, Raymond" <Raymond.Ingles at compuware.com> wrote:

>> From: Michael Corral
> 
>> MDLUG is just a shadow of what it used to be. We used to have large
>> meetings, not anymore. We used to have lots of traffic on the mail
>> list, not anymore. Things change. MDLUG continues on mostly as a mail
>> list, but the number of posts is down to a trickle, and usually from
>> the same handful of "usual suspects". And it's not just MDLUG. The
>> WLUG list is even more dead (sorry Jay:). And other LUGs across the
>> country are experiencing the same thing. Someone in that slashdot
>> article put the R.I.P. date somewhere in 2004. That sounds about
>> right to me.
> 
>  But certainly if I had to choose between the situation then and now I'd
> take today in a heartbeat. Back around 1995-1996, Linux's profile was
> practically nonexistent outside the serious computing enthusiasts.
> Information was available on newsgroups, or via specialty-press books.
> LUGs were wonderful at that time to pool and distribute knowledge and
> even just general news.
> 
>  Now Linux is serious business, and is commonly seen in the wider
> culture. Finding information is vastly easier, and virtual communities
> in general are 'mainstream'; having one (or several) for Linux too is
> no big deal. I can live with LUGs going away, as fun and useful as they've
> been, if the *need* for them goes away in such a positive manner.
> 
>  Consider how few people feel it necessary to join an auto club these
> days. :->
> 
>  Sincerely,
> 
>  Ray Ingles                                             (313) 227-2317
> 
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So in a way, the LUG has done its job - spreading information and knowledge
so that now a LUG is no longer as necessary as it was in the past.  Ironic,
but I'm sure the LUG would have wanted it that way.