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   From: Laszlo Lebrun    
   Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware,alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
   Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:16:38 -0500   
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   arachnid wrote:   
   > On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:20:06 +0000, Chris Game wrote:   
   >    
   >> Come on, you would at the right price. A free system is a great   
   >> incentive. 'Community spirit' is just a circular argument though, what   
   >> has lead to this 'community' forming around Ubuntu?    
   >    
   > The same thing that's led to communities forming around other Linux   
   > distributions.   
   >    
   What "same thing" made it more successful than anyone else?   
      
   >> Are they really so shallow as to be attracted by an appeal to ideals and   
   >> a hint of African symbology?   
   >    
   > Why do you feel a need to make insulting accusations? We're attracted to   
   > Ubuntu for the same reason other people are attracted to other distro's -   
   > because it best meets our particular needs.   
   >    
   ....because it best meets the particular needs of *more* people, by    
   including "plain users" who don't want to fiddle with .conf files??   
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