Re: The Strength of a Community

[buggie@aix14.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)]

I'd like to see the dates of K-fest staggered slightly, year by year, so
that I could attend again.  Went to K-fest 1996.

Move K-fest to the first week of August and I could attend again!

Steve Buggie


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Michael Murray (amurray@cdc.net) wrote:
: I wouldn't put myself in the camp of either the Turlettes or the Vogons.  My
: alliance is the Apple II family of computers.  The rest of you can all go
: hang.  In that spirit, don't expect me to reply to any flames for this post.

: What I would like to point out though, in this whole sickening mess, is that
: *no other* antique computing community could behave this way and still
: survive.  For example, every Commodore 64 fanatic I know feels a certain
: clan-like alliance and protectiveness toward every other C64 die-hard.  They
: seem to understand that their favourite antique can't really survive without
: loyalty and cooperation between its modern-day followers.

: I'd like to put a better face on the infighting in csa2 by looking on it as
: a measure of strength.  The Apple II has seen 10 years come and go.  And if,
: despite the bickering, it can still enjoy the level of popularity that it
: does, and see excellent new products like Marinetti developed, if KFest is
: still a reality... then I'll bet we'll see at least another 10 years.

: Apple II Forever!