[lug] Press Draft

[Robert L. Harris]

#1 and #2 where removed, which is why I asked for the opinion to begin
with.  This was the FIRST draft I'd ever written also.  2 spelling errors
were also pointed out.

As per #3, it depends what we get.  People are going to burn what they can
and bring those.  RedHat is sending me a box, but it's not likely they
could send any CD's.  They didn't have much time to get anything together
to ship.  I was told that Linux Mall would call me back as they did
want to join in the fun.


Thus spake David Emile Lamy (delamy at uswest.net):

> Speaking frankly, that is one terrible press draft.  I am not at all happy
> to see BLUG listed as one of the authors for the following reasons:
> 
> (1) Derogatory terms such as Micro$oft, Winblows or Windoze do not tarnish
> the image of Microsoft, only the author using them.
> 
> (2) Avoid colloquialisms such as "dog and pony show".  Describe the event
> accurately and say what you are doing in relation to it.
> 
> (3) Lastly, what distributions are you distributing?  Are these 'Linux
> Mall' or 'Cheapbytes' images of freely available Linux, or donated
> commercial value-added distributions from Suse, Caldera or Red Hat?  
> 
> I do see the humor in providing a first class operating system free of
> charge at a Microsoft event, especially in lieu of Microsoft's newly
> proposed pricing based upon the number of authenticated users.  However,
> the emphasis is only on the "free lunch" aspect rather than the "freedom"
> that makes a distribution such as KRUD possible.  
> 
> To me, a LUG should endorse and help facilitate "freedom".  I think
> information about Linux web sites, install-fests, and user-groups is the
> value that BLUG should provide.  I'm sure that Red Hat, Suse, Corel, and
> Caldera, et al, can provide far more effective marketing extravaganzas
> in response.
> 
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> (*)/ (*) David Emile Lamy             delamy at uswest.net
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Robert L. Harris                |   "A person is smart;
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