[PLUG] Re: vmware special? offer
Anderson, Robert H - MWT
Anderson.Robert at menlolog.com
Mon Nov 24 11:39:02 UTC 2003
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dylan Reinhardt [mailto:plug at dylanreinhardt.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 8:13 AM
>To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
>Cc: pdxlug at pdxlug.org
>Subject: Re: [PLUG] Re: vmware special? offer
>
>
>On 18 Nov 2003 20:54:43, Russell Senior <seniorr at aracnet.com> wrote:
>> So has anyone ever had a nice cup of coffee with the PDXLUG
>people to
>> work this whole name thing out?
>
>PDXLUG has coffee the second Thursday of each month at the
>Fireside Coffee Lodge. There aren't any formal agendas, so if
>you show up, feel free to bring up a topic for discussion.
>
>Not that bringing up the name thing is likely to accomplish much. :-)
>
>Open source has a long history of using names that are
>intentionally similar to established names. If people can be
>expected to understand the difference between PGP and GPG, I
>think they can sort out the difference between PDXLUG and PLUG.
>
>Or maybe they can't tell the difference. It might be the case
>that our membership consists primarily of people who
>mistakenly believe that PLUG meetings have recently changed
>venues and become more fun. Who knows.
>
PLUG has beer, PDXLUG has coffee. Guess which meeting (if any) you will find
me at.
-Rob Anderson
>
>> They are currently saying:
>>
>> ``We've had many people ask why another group spawned from
>PLUG. The
>> main reason is because we wanted a more informal gathering with a
>> smaller group of people. [...]''
>
>
>PLUG isn't what many of us want for a LUG. Others of us enjoy
>that there is more than one style of LUG in town. The rest is
>historic.
>
>
>>
>> Now, if that is true, why choose an all-encompassing name like
>> "Portland Linux User Group"?
>
>Because we are a group of Linux users in Portland. We aren't
>Portland's [Largest|Only|Oldest] LUG. Just the most fun. :-)
>
>
>> Is this, indeed, declaring victory on the
>> basis of whatever situation is prevailing? ("we _WANT_ a smaller
>> group!")
>
>Our broader mission doesn't need to stand up to logic... we
>don't *have* a broader mission. What we *do* have is a user
>group we actually enjoy belonging to. No additional victory
>is required.
>
>$.02,
>
>Dylan
>
>
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