"Macintosh User Groups going the way of the Newton"
Justin Berka, in his column Infinte Loop at arstecnica.com talks about the decline and eventual death of compuer user groups in general and Macintosh user groups specifically.
He says: "Sadly, user groups and computer clubs are slowly fading away, due in large part to the rise of the Internet. Bulletin boards, and later forums, have replaced classrooms and libraries as the meeting places for technology enthusiasts. ..."
"Honestly, I'm not sure how much the decline of user groups should be lamented. From a usefulness and informational perspective, the Internet offers up far more in the way of knowledge than any group of people can, since it aggregates the knowledge of all such groups. The sense of community present in the MUGs is still there, too—but now it's present every day and is available online rather than just being available every other Friday. ..."
I think that we should all leave comments about this.
(this was discussed on the UGAD mailing list. That had some good comments, but not where the general public could see them.
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