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

[James Morris]

On 5 October 2011 07:26, Thomas Edward Groves <teg451013 at freeuk.com> wrote:
> So KLUG stands for encouraging people to use non-proprietary software
> on available hardware to solve their problems.
>
> Well?


Don't hold your breath. We don't all agree so let's just give up.
Something like that.





>
> 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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