Re: [LIH] [Announce] Au Revoir

[Sudhir <sudhir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Sudhakar,
We have never communicated, but you are known all over. The happiness and
pain that you have gone through in this period is quiet clear in what you
say. Faith if future tells me that Linux movement will surely overcome
such crisis which may only be due to some egos clashing here & there.
You may be doing good service to the cause if you were to list out the
successes and failures and their reasons (according to you) in a frank &
forthright manner, so that those who want things to progress can pick-up
the threads left by a positive friend. If you think replying to this mail
with frank inputs may hurt someone on the list, you can always send them
to me.

On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Sudhakar Chandra wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm hereby announcing my resignation from the post of List Admin of the
> Linux India mailing lists.
> 
> The last 3 years have been a bumpy, yet fun ride.  I've been fortunate
> enough to see the successes of Linux in India (the mushrooming number of
> ILUGs, the number of Linux conferences with Big Name speakers etc.).  At
> the same time, I've been unhappy with LI's failures (incessant bickering,
> mistrust, LI-reg grinding to a halt etc.).  LI has succeeded beyond my
> wildest expectations and simultaneously failed miserably worse than my
> nightmares in forging a community.
> 
> I am leaving on a soul searching trip on March 12th and will be away from
> computers for 2+ months.  I will not have the time and energy (and
> inclination) to maintain the LI lists during this time.
> 
> I leave it up to you folks to decide the future of the LI mailing lists.  I
> will publish the subscriber database someplace under
> http://lists.linux-india.org/ so that it is easier to migrate the
> subscribers to a new home (if one were to exist).
> 
> I'll be watching the progress of the open software movement in India with
> interest and pride.
> 
> 
> Thaths
> 

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