On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:45:45 +0800, Rommel Feria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lifetime membership only applies to individuals. I do not think that > it is appropriate to have institutions as lifetime members. I mean, 10 > years down the road, UP may dump Linux (heaven forbid!) in favor of > Microsoft (will $50Million grant do it?) and it will render its > lifetime membership void. hehehe... don't worry, as long as I'm with > UP, Linux will live there! :D
While I do like the idea of lifetime memberships, wouldn't it be unsafe to wager that individuals' beliefs wouldn't waver as time passes? 10 years down the road, some of us might even be dumping Linux in favor of some other non-free operating system out there. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
