On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Mohit Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear FOSSouls, > > > IEEE POSIX unites all UNIX like systems and USENIX has always been an > alive global platform for UNIXers. > > As FOSS movement is a repackaging/extension/institutionalization of > the UNIX culture, why cant we involve USENIX with us and vice versa? > India has no USENIX chapter!! just some unix enthusiast group in unix > storage and networking represents India in USENIX!! > > for OS enthusiasts, we can state that we are coming closer to the > unifier POSIX umbrella. > > We are a GLUG and we intend to convert it into USENIX local chapter so > that we come closer to what 'www.unix.org' conveys. >
Whatever best that could be saved from Unix was already saved by GNU with the added value of freedom. What other value are you bringing in by converting a GNU/Unix group into USENIX? If you wish to include other free unices, then you may rename it FSUG instead. -- GN _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
