I've tried not to get involved in this mess, however, my view might be one valued by those wrapped up in this debate. Why might it be?
Well, LESS that one year ago I installed my first NON-M.S. O.S. (RedHat 7.3). Before that I had heard very little about Linux or any other UNIXish OS. I was what more that 50% of your membership will be in two years - first time, wet behind the ears Linux users. To be honest I didn't know that Linux and UNIX had much in common (sure they both sounded funny). When I did hear UNIX I thought of something "old." I didn't know what it was - I just had that thought placed in my head somewhere along the line. But I started to see Linux popping up in Google searches and in the news and so I thought "ahhh, this is something new." I had to be TOLD that if I wanted to learn about Linux I should seek out the BYU UNIX USERS GROUP. Sure I feel stupid revealing these things about myself, but they are true. Currently, I spend TONS of time explaining the simplest things that you guys (most of you) take for granted as things that are just KNOWN about the options when it comes to OSs. So yes, I like adding Linux to the mix because that is what the majority of people are hearing about. Not once have I had a friend see the screen of my laptop and ask "hey, is that some sort of BSD your running?" It's Linux that is stealing the show. On the other hand I (now having learned a thing of two) think that the group could and should support the use of all UNIXish OSs. It seems to me that you can (and should) have it both ways. That is why I like Dave's suggestion: > Or even BLUE, the BYU Linux & UNIX Exchange. I like it better that the following because it doesn't require a parenthetical phrase explaining the pronunciation. > >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. My 2 cents - and I promise my only two! G. ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
