[Klug-general] Re-branding the 'L' in LUG

[Thomas Edward Groves]

So KLUG stands for encouraging people to use non-proprietary software
on available hardware to solve their problems.

Well?

Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: James Morris <jwm.art.net at gmail.com>
To: Kent Linux User Group - General Topics <kent at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Klug-general] Re-branding the 'L' in LUG


On 4 October 2011 08:04, Dan Attwood <danattwood at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=OS%26U
>> >
>> > to lead to meaningful results?
>> >
>> Please tell me you're not making decisions about what can and can't be
>> mentioned in KLUG "marketing" based on those search results.
>>
> If the suggested wording is:
> To encourage the Use of OS&U software within Kent and Beyond.

But no one suggested using that wording in that way. It was shorthand
used in a discussion thread amongst knowledgeable people, not leaflets
aimed at attracting new users to Linux.

Just to remind about what I responded to:

> if broadening participation is the idea that I'd suggest the gnu and unix
> aren't mentioned at all as both are elitist. no term should used
> that doesn't come in the first page of google.

and to say I think Google has enough power already.


On 4 October 2011 08:45, Peter Childs <pchilds at bcs.org> wrote:
> Terms,
> I don't think any of these terms work.
> Open Source - People know what that might be.
> Floss - Thats what you use to shave right@
> OSS = Open Source Software except its not just software.....
> Free = Is that Free as in £0.00 or Free as in Freedom.
> Unix = As in not Dos? But thats a technical term
> Non-Windows - But we use X-Windows Its a terrible term. And we have
nothing
> against Windows really so long as people use the right tool for the right
> job.
> The list continues.

Luckily, the human race developed the ability to learn. My problem is
that I don't like to see freedom and openness pushed aside as if it
weren't important. Encouraging cultural exchange is one of the
strengths behind what the above terms refer to, and I don't think
these things should be hidden away as if they're dirty or something.

I also agree with Sharon to some extent. This is the Kent Linux User
Group after all. We can't really change that, ie what would happen to
this mailing list, the domain name, etc?

James.

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