Oooo... Down with M$. The BYU DWM club? Now for my input to the discussion. I didn't join the club for a long time, because I was interested in Linux, not Unix. Now, whether a name change is the solution, or simply more flyers that specify that we don't just do unix, I don't know. But for me at least, I'd've been a member long ago if I'd known.
Derek On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 14:58, Danelle "Sylvia" Brown wrote: > I agree with Jake. There is no need for a name change. Plus, I think the > longer the name, the more intimidating and annoying it becomes. Three is a > great number of letters (number of letters?) for a club. Five is right out. > Keep UUG as it is, and educate public about what the name means, and about > the revolution going on. It's all about Open Source, down with M$!!! > > <kachink> <kachink> > -Danelle ;D > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jacob Albretsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 12:12 PM > Subject: Re: [uug] Club name suggestions > > > > Quoting Michael Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 08:31, David Smith wrote: > > > > I think the perfect solution is to form a child organization of the > > > UUG. > > > > > > Does anyone really think a child organization would last? How many > > > different mailing lists have been created for groups similar to this and > > > have died out? What makes this any different than those efforts? > > > > I'm with Michael on this one. > > > > I really think what we need to be doing is educating people on the word > > "UNIX" and what it means and how it relates to Linux, BSD, etc etc. > > Renaming the group BYU Linux Users Group would be like renaming a club > named > > BYU Microsoft Windows Users Group to BYU Microsoft Windows XP Professional > > Sevice Pack One Users Group. It's just limiting us. ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
