doh!! :-).. caught...

even though sulk is a nice name :-)

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Dave Airlie wrote:

>
> I normally find ignoring Richard works better than changing names...
>
> not saying anything against him but this is one battle he should give up
> on as he's lost it, BSDs use GNU tools, MacOSX uses gcc, I don't see him
> running annoying these people. .. if he was consistent I wouldn't mind,
>
> Dave.
>
> On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, SLUG Committee wrote:
>
> > Dear SLUG Members and Subscribers,
> >
> > Recently, the SLUG committee received a request from the GNU Foundation that
> > we acknowledge the true origins of the operating system we promote.
> > Accordingly, they asked that we rename ourselves to the Sydney Gnu/Linux
> > Users' Group.
> >
> > After some discussion amongst the new committee, we have decided to clarify
> > our nomenclature by changing the name to the Sydney Users of the Linux
> > Kernel. Accordingly, over the next month, SLUG will be renamed to SULK.
> >
> > The process for this name change will be as follows:
> >
> > Tomorrow, the new domain name www.sulk.org.au will be delegated, and the
> > mailing lists configuration will be changed. All current subscriptions will
> > be automatically migrated, and @slug.org.au addresses will continue to work
> > until next month. After that, the primary mailing list addresses will be
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > At the next meeting, we ask that anyone who has already received their
> > membership card for the year bring it along to be replaced with a new
> > sulk.org.au card.
> >
> > The proposed new SULK logo can be found at
> > http://www.slug.org.au/sulk-logo.png
> > That, and the other website changes, will be done over the next week.
> >
> > We apologise for the disruption that this name change will cause, but we
> > hope you'll agree that it is unavoidable given the circumstances.
> >
> > Regards,
> > SLUG Committee
> >
>
>

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David Airlie, Software Engineer
http://www.skynet.ie/~airlied / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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