Archive for August 12th, 2003

ILUG Site not pulling it’s weight

Tuesday, August 12th, 2003

The “State of the GnuCash Project” article has me thinking that the ILUG
website is not pulling its weight where informing people of good (read
‘rock-solid’) Open Source projects they may not be aware of is concerned.

I think the best way to do this is through rotating banners at the top of the webpages,
between the ‘linux.ie’ graphic and Tux.

I don’t want to add to the confusion that newbies tend to feel, so only one
project in each field will get through to having a rotating banner on the site.

I’m looking for nominations and contact details to get this rolling, so send
them to banners@linux.ie.

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Political Correctness? No, it’s a health issue.

Tuesday, August 12th, 2003

Very saddened (read irritated) this morning when I heard that our Minister of the Environment disagrees with the intended blanket ban on smoking.
That he disagrees with it is his own personal business. However, I feel he should be towing the line with his colleague the Minister of Health and rethink his wording that the ban related to “political correctness”.
The ban is born not for a desire of political correctness, but to protect peoples well-being and health.
Cullen ought to be forced to work in an environment where all those around him smoke solidly for at least a fortnight and then asked if his opinion has changed.

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