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Not that I am advocating a name change, but why not BLUU? (pronounce Blue) BYU Linux/Unix Users. The 'club/group/consortium/whatever' is implied. * Michael Brailsford [Thu, 27 Mar 2003 at 12:32 -0700] <quote> > It appears to me that this whole name thing comes down to two sides. > Those that the champion LUG, or at least Linux somewhere in the name. > Then there are those that want to make sure we include Unix in there to > keep things open to unix users. >=20 > Here is my take. >=20 > First of all, names *are* important. =20 >=20 > I have always thought that UUG was a little odd. I always have to explai= n to > ppl what it stands for. And these are typically not windows peons, > but linux users. So I am in favor of changing the name to Linux Users > Groups. But, then again, there is also a lot of merit to the argument > to keeping Unix in the name so that those of you out there that use > *bsd, or solaris, hp-ux, etc... feel like the group represents you as > well. >=20 > So, herein lies our quandry. Name it LUG and alienate unix users, or > name it UUG and have an offbeat name. Well, since neither side feel > like giving in to the other, how about a compromise? Call it the great > UUG compromise. <stunning clarity and vision>Why not call it BYU > Linux/Unix Users Group?</stunning clarity and vision> Or BLUUG for > short, or BYU LUUG. That way we have instant recognition that the group > is for linux and all that goes with it, while at the same time including > Unix in the name to make sure we keep things open. <humor>We could even > call it Linux/Unix Users Group at the Y, or LUUGY for short. :)</humor> > But back to all seriousness, BLUUG in monosylabbic, and sounds cool. > Phonetically, it sounds like Blue-g, so it proclaims that we are true > blue. (Some great slogans come to mind) >=20 > I seriously believe that this name is 1) better than the current, 2) the > best of all suggested names (NOTE: I was not the first to suggest it), > and 3) indicative of who we are, and what we do. Anyway, this name > leaves no one out, and it is not awkward like UUG. I mean how do you > pronounce UUG (we are the "ewwg"?). >=20 > Again, name recognition is very important. Companies spend millions of > dollars on name recognition, why should we discount the benefit of name > recognition? It doesn't make sense to me. Also, since this has come up > so often before, don't you guys think that maybe we should do something > about it? I do. >=20 > --=20 > Michael > GnuPG Fingerprint: 4C56 7C23 8BD9 8B39 C4D4 B8F3 42FB 3634 31B5 E963 </quote> --=20 Hans Fugal | De gustibus non disputandum est. http://hans.fugal.net/ | Debian, vim, mutt, ruby, text, gpg http://gdmxml.fugal.net/ | WindowMaker, gaim, UTF-8, RISC, JS Bach --------------------------------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 6940 87C5 6610 567F 1E95 CB5E FC98 E8CD E0AA D460 --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+g5ok/JjozeCq1GARAlqaAJ9ZXA9my5E7Od277jsj4SI/hIgdGgCfX6QA bjMLq9opuSuihX6xZqPZtow= =tn7w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp-- ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
