Re: Re: setting up mirrors

[Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:

> which *you* started with your rather rude and condescending mails and your
> gigantic ego, for what it's worth.

Uh, Suresh, I'd suggest that you either get a grip on yourself or start
filtering out my messages (it's easy - I post maybe 4-5 times a year on
this list). I have not been doing a personal attack on you - what gives
you the right to launch such an attack on me?

What I suggested makes a lot of sense to me (and to at least one other
person on this list, as you will see further down).

> Now on to more debunking ...

If you feel that is what you are doing, though the "de" was largely wasted
electrons...

> Which is why I made that previous comment about overinflated egos.

A comment that was needless and only served to drag the quality of this
discussion into the dirt, degrading the entire process. And, as always,
completely non-constructive, adding nothing of value to a discussion.

> The mirror does NOT call itself mirror.ilug-t.org or
> mirror.linux-india.org - it calls itself mirror.x.com or
> mirror.company-x.com.  The domain is registered under X's name, not
> the local LUG's name.  Put that way, it becomes the property of X
> and/or X's company, and a resource offered to the linux community at
> large.

<sarcasm>

I had this distinct feeling that I have read a similar suggestion before
somewhere. So I referred back and LO AND BEHOLD - there it was! In my own
first message in this thread!

On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Atul Chitnis wrote:

> If not, I'd suggest that we leave things like this (that are high
> expense/high maintenance) to companies who can afford paying for the
> facilities and paying people to maintain it, and would automatically
> ensure that it is not misused. If it *is* misused, it is money out of
> *their* pockets - a good incentive.

The Lord be praised - Suresh "Mallet" Ramasubramanian actually proposed
the *same* thing as I did!!!!  Hallelujah! T

</sarcasm>

Could you please try and read messages before you reply to them?

Thank you.

> Remove the LI politics entirely and what have you got?

A great place to be in, one where I would love going to talk about
*Linux*, help people and be helped by them, without fearing that someone
comes charging at you just because he feels he needs to.

> You won't listen to anyone who doesn't agree with you either - and you are
> _not_ the only one around with "experience".  This is, anyway, an issue about
> common sense.  Experience (especially experience in inter-lug politics and
> experience in ego trips) is not required.  Or don't you see the point?

I do, now. The point is "don't express opinions on this list, or you will
get personally flamed by Suresh".

If it would mean anything to me, I'd ask for an apology. It doesn't, so
feel free to walk away gloating that you managed to do it again.

Atul


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