[wplug] [wplug-announce] The Future of WPLUG

Bryon Gill bgtrio at linuxfreemail.com
Mon Apr 1 11:07:25 EST 2002


Hear hear, it's about time.

It's about time we abandoned childish fantasies of freedom and
convenience.

So how much does a seat license cost for the GUM's from now on?


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Bryon Gill (aka abe ferlman)


On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Robert Dale wrote:

>
> It's been a little more than 10 years since the inception of Linux.
> During that time a an enormous user community formed, and many battles
> were won.
>
> WPLUG has been a part of that movement since 1997 when fellow Pittsburghers
> banded together to promote and support Linux locally.  It was small at first,
> but continues to grow stronger month.  It has been a great 5 years.
>
> However, it's been a losing war.  Microsoft, with its billions of dollars
> and 99% ownership of the desktop, Linux clearly has no chance.
>
> That's why we, the board of WPLUG, have accepted an undisclosed amount
> of money from Microsoft to make a small change.  We are going to replace
> the 'L' in WPLUG with a 'W'.  WPLUG will now be known as WPWUG -
> Western PA Windows User Group.
>
> We had it coming...  Accept your fate.  You will be assimilated.
>
> --
> The Borg of WPWUG
>
>
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