On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 21:25, Michael Halcrow wrote: > DISCLAIMER: I intend to rile up some emotions with this post. If all > you want to read on this list are questions and answers about obscure > sendmail config file options, start ignoring this thread now.
Linux is probably the successor to Unix. AIX, HP-UX, Irix, SCO Unix, and many others are doomed. But it's too early to announce the death of all Unices. Solaris is still more appropriate for use across the entire enterprise--and Sun isn't going to let it die without a fight. The various *BSD are doing very well. If you count Mac OS X, then the BSDs have done more to get *nix out to the masses than Linux has. In fact, if you're a Linux bigot you should be very afraid of Mac OS X. It has drawn away some very pro-Linux people. It would be a shame to give people like Jon D. the impression that we don't want them. It would be a crime to give the impression that we're not interested in hearing what Soren and Ed know about other Unices. Sure, we don't get as many questions about HP-UX and Irix as we used to. Most of our members can't afford a good Sparc box. But if anything we should expand the group, not restrict it. I'm open to following the lead of USU and calling it the Unix and Free Software Users Group. But that should be a group decision. Changing our name to include linux for its marketing value reeks of the companies that brought no value during the tech bubble. Meanwhile companies with something to offer didn't think they had to hide behind a name--the quality of their offerings could do the selling. We should focus on reaching out to people, not change our name and hope they magically start noticing us. Now let me explain why I think it might be better to start a new club: I'd like to see more than a little advocacy. I'd like to see something real. Perhaps an official club project or group of projects guided by some type of mentoring structure. The projects would be carefully selected to be useful, interesting, and provide real experience. Of course, the university overhead of a second club might not be worth it. Perhaps as a "chartered" group within the UUG it would be more appropriate. I'm open to dicussion of how the club can be improved. I don't and probably never will consider changing the name to the BYU Linux Users Group to be an improvement. But I'm just one voice, let the majority rule. -- Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> #define FALSE 0 /* This is the naked Truth */ #define TRUE 1 /* and this is the Light */ -- mailto.c
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