Be good. Play nice. The M$ temps were invited. They do not know any better. One cannot promote the OS cause by picking on mental defectives. Leave it alone. Aside from constantly complaining about patches and updates that break existing applications, what could whinning add?
Be nice. And most of all, be articulate! Best of luck. I have a conflicting meeting. Do us proud, but not over-the-top. Nail th poor sob o security and use real terms. Odds on, he won't know the terms. Go get 'em guy. But be condesending, not angry. Treat them as wayward, and mentally slow, children; not demons. Above all, be polite. Make them act act an ass. Tactics, always think tactics. They are waiting for you. Have a brief set of stupid MS blunders and OS replies handy so you can call them on it when they contradict themselves. Have fun, but above all, be accurate, and concise. Nothing bothers a snake-oil salesman like concise, accurate, facts! Hit `em hard. Regards, Doug Doug --- "Shannon B. Roddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think LSUNIX would be better. I am sure the M$ > folks have their own > deal. Besides, I would not want to listen to a > bunch of MCSEs whine > when we would talk about the benefits of using *nix. > If it were named > LSUNIX we could also be centered around all flavors > of *nix. free, open > and netBSD, OSX, Linux, Solaris, HPUX, etc. etc. > Something to think > about.... > > Just my 1/2 cent. > > Also, I am planning on crashing the M$ meeting in > the union tomorrow. > Should be interesting. After all, that is what got > all of this > started. I should bring a camcorder for when the > rotten tomatoes (and > hopefully other more painful things) start flying at > the M$ofties. > > Shannon > > Doug Riddle wrote: > > >I think an offical club is going to be the way > Dennis > >goes. But I think it will be named LSUOS. You > know > >how some 'nix users get touch about LUGs. Dennis > got > >the lstserv request in today. He is gone until I > >think Tuesday, but my guess is that he will be in > >touch. > > > >Doug > > > >--- Joey Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I want to weigh in as supporting an LSU LUG. I > used > >>to attend LSU, way before > >>computers were even invented, etc.. Here are my > >>thoughts: > >> > >>LSU allows the creation of official, > >>university-sponsored clubs. Just about > >>every subject you can think of has a club > associated > >>with it. I would imagine > >>that the eventual goal of LSULUG would be to > become > >>a recognized club. > >> > >>A club needs a faculty sponsor, needs to elect > >>officers, have some sort of a > >>charter, etc. Outsiders can attend meetings, but > the > >>main thrust of a campus > >>club should be directed at students. > >> > >>That said, there is nothing stopping interested > >>persons of forming a > >>non-official club (look through the yearbook and > >>find the lampshade guys, > >>you'll get the idea ;-). An ad-hoc club could meet > >>off-campus to start, say > >>at one of the dives around Chimes or State Street, > >>or on the other side of > >>campus. It might also be possible to meet > on-campus > >>if you guys stay under > >>the radar. Any student can reserve a study room in > >>the library, for instance. > >>Also a classroom might be made available if a > >>sufficiently powerful faculty > >>member (someone in CSC or an engineering college) > >>gave their unofficial > >>blessing, say in the form of a "research group" > >>moderated by a few of his > >>teacher's pets ;-). Starting from a non-official > >>status, progress toward > >>official acceptance by the unversity could be > made. > >> > >>Should it be an LSU-only LUG? No. Support > >>(attendance, momentum, speakers, > >>etc.) is going to have to come from BRLUG... after > >>all, the idea of starting > >>an LSU LUG is taking place on BRLUG's mailing > list. > >>Should it be sponsored by > >>BRLUG? Yes. Should it be a sub-group or > BRLUG-lite? > >>That's for you guys to > >>decide. > >> > >>^C > >> > >>Yeah, I know you're wondering how an old fr4t > living > >>in New Orleans knows so > >>much about clubs at LSU... I participated in an > >>effort in the mid-80s to win > >>official university status for an off-campus club. > >>We succeeded :-) > >> > >> > >>--Joey > >> > >>Thou spake: > >> > >> > >>>I can't offer much in the way of help other than > >>> > >>> > >>ideas. > >> > >> > >>>I recommend that your first task be to setup a > >>> > >>> > >>mailing list for this > >> > >> > >>>initiative and then advertise somehow to > potential > >>> > >>> > >>members. The BRLUG mostly > >> > >> > >>>consists of this mailing list we are on now. > >>> > >>>Also, instead of a mini-BRLUG focus, I recommend > >>> > >>> > >>that its focus be on LSU > >> > >> > >>>and Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Including BRLUG in > >>> > >>> > >>there would dilute the > >> > >> > >>>focus a little too much IMO > >>> > >>> > >>(Linux-LSU-BR-UserGroup). I imagine that an > >> > >> > >>>LinuxSIG at LSU would consist of mostly Linux > >>> > >>> > >>sysadmins and experienced > >> > >> > >>>users at LSU, and not really a good place for a > >>> > >>> > >>Linux newbie to get started. > >> > >> > >>>But then again, I don't know the people you know > at > >>> > >>> > >>LSU. BRLUG does not hold > >> > >> > >>>any monopoly power on LUGs in Baton Rouge or > >>> > >>> > >>anywhere else, of course. LSU > >> > >> > >>>students, for example, are perfectly free to > start > >>> > >>> > >>their own LSU LUG. > >> > >> > >>>One more idea: if you have a web server at LSU, > >>> > >>> > >>even a small one, you might > >> > >> > >>>want to install some kinda wiki app on it and let > >>> > >>> > >>those interested update > >> > >> > >>>the site themselves via a browser instead of > >>> > === message truncated === ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle http://www.dougriddle.com http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ http://www.libranet.com -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com
