On Sun, 7 May 2000, Herouth Maoz wrote:
> If I may add my 2 agorot:
>
> The website is a service to the linux *users* community, not to the linux
> software vendors. Of course, the vendors also benefit from a link in the
> website, but the main goal in the website is to help the Linux users who look
> for information, software, tools and whatnot.
>
> As such, the website should give the information to the user, and let him/her
> decide whether software is something he or she wants to spend money on.
>
> Links are not banner ads, for crying out loud. Nobody is trying to *lure*
> people into buying products, preferring one product over the other. It's just
> a way to inform people that the products exist.
Well said! There's only one problem, and that is a problem so deeply
philosphical it cannot be answered in a flash. What is the purpose of
linux.org.il? Is it simply trying to be a technical resource about Linux?
In that case, except for some Hebrew support, it has nothing to offer that
other sites don't have as well. However, if it is trying to organize a
community around it, the Israeli Linux community, then it needs to do more
then be a technical resource -- it must explain to people who we are, and
what we believe in.
--
Moshe Zadka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.oreilly.com/news/prescod_0300.html
http://www.linux.org.il -- we put the penguin in .com
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