Thanks.
It -never- occurred to me to subscribe to a LUG that wasn't local. I haven't yet completed the mindshift to the whole "on line community" concept.
Don't wait on me to defend Windows user groups.
Ever go to an ethnic restaurant for the first time and been overwhelmed by the menu? That's how I feel when trying to make choices between open source offerings. If none of your friends has eaten there yet, there's no review in the paper, the waiters that do speak English criticize you for ever eating somewhere else, how do you decide what to eat? Some would say pick anything: it's all new to you and you can try something else the next time. On the other hand, I'm just buying one meal at at time, not running the restaurant. Changing OS's and apps just to try things is like requiring the cook to move all the tools and food (apps and data) to temporary storage just to rearrange the kitchen again. That gets old in a hurry. Maybe a small number of application choices is one of the reasons Windows is popular, especially if those choices are "good enough".
