> > circa 2000 all the biggies of the linux world in India got together and > formed the Indian Linux Users Group and some of the extant groups called > themselves chapters of ILUG. Like ILUGC (Chennai), Bombay, Hyderabad, > Delhi. Then the biggies had a big fight among themselves as to who would > be the boss. They disagreed, and in the end they divided up India into > various territories (like afghan warlords), each one undertaking not to > interfere with the others. Then the warlords clung desperately to power > in their territories and made sure no new blood was taken in. As a > result most of those LUGs are dead or dying. Only Pune, Bombay and > Chennai remained out of this arrangement and the LUGs are flourishing > there - lots of new blood, and a third generation is now in the > leadership. All this is documented somewhere or the other - I do not > have the patience to find the links again. (I only became active in LUGs > much later, and missed all the fun). However since most of these old > fossils have realised that they are long past their use-by date and have > retired, maybe the next time we may be able to form an umbrella > organisation. But just *one* org? Doubtful - there are enough of the > fossils left to sabotage that. >
i second what you said , this is the most apt summary i have seen so far , yes i have been part this history and fun . That brings us back to the big question do we need one more big org or not ? if we need then why and what and how are we going to keep the folks motivated enough ? -Satya -- LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
