[Ubuntu-SG] ubuntu.sg contains spam posts

[Maung Myat Thu @ Billy Aung Myint]

On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 05:16 +0000, Chew EK wrote:
> > From: billy at ubuntu.sg
> > To: ruiboon at gmail.com
> > Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 11:28:49 +0800
> > CC: ubuntu-sg at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-SG] ubuntu.sg contains spam posts
> > 
> > Hi Rui Boon , 
> > 
> > the spam links are only in the last post and I cleaned
> > them out .. thanks for the info. As for the ubuntu singapore being
> > approved , or for that matter any distro team being approved in
> > Singapore is pretty slim.
> > 
> > LUGS itself has no more than 600 members and less than 50 active
> > members , it has not been growing for last 3 years or so and we have
> yet
> > to see new faces for a while. If LUGS can't get new members easily ,
> we
> > sure can't. We will have to be bigger than LUGS and more active than
> > LUGS to be approved. 
> > 
> > Why? Simple , firstly windows is "free" for a lot of people. You
> either
> > download for free or you get it for free from work or school. There
> is
> > no reason to learn something new. Second , most people here are
> quite
> > computer-savy but not IT savy , meaning they know enough to buy
> > computers from dell online but doesn't know enough to install an OS
> or
> > even know what is an OS. So they will still buy everything from
> dell/hp
> > etc etc ...
> > 
> > Third and most importantly , time is short and expensive. Tell
> anyone
> > they need time to learn something new and exciting and nobody will
> > friend with you :P 
> > 
> > regards
> > billy
> > 
> > 
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> 
> hi Everyone!
> I have been lurking in this mail list for a while, but this the first
> time I make a post.
> 
> I agree that there are too few of us to make a Loco Team.  (Side note:
> anybody got an actual count?)

Active or inactive members? :P

> 
> But I have a counter proposal.  I spent a lot of time at
> ubuntuforums.org, hiding my real identity there :-).  The new BB forum
> version allows creating arbitrary/social groups.  If there is enough
> people interested we can create an informal Singapore group.

Great idea but if people aren't mailing , I doubt they will post on BB. 
Is anyone else here over there? 

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