Hi all, Although i'm familiar with the past few years of SLUG history, would some of the old timers care to help me out with the following email?
Cheers, Lindsay ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steve Demeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: May 27, 2006 4:29 AM Subject: Club history To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lindsay, I have heard it rumored that one of the first Linux User Groups in the world was founded in Australia. I understand that the Sydney Linux User Group (SLUG) was established in 1993 only 2 years after Linus Torvalds originally created the Linux operating system. Would you have any information with regard to whether SLUG was the first LUG? If not the first where in the rankings would you guess it would be placed? If not would you have an indication of which global LUG's may have established earlier that SLUG? eg. SVLUG (Silicon Valley LUG) and BALUG (Bay Area LUG) SVLUG From what I can tell, SVLUG was originally named the Silicon Valley Computer Society (SVCS) and formed in 1988 as a PC-Unix SIG. Linux was first discussed at a SVCS meeting in April 1992. The group was renamed the Linux SIG in 1995 and then renamed the Silicon Valley Linux User Group in 1997. This might give me enough information to establish a ranking and any information would be greatly appreciated. Kind Regards, Steve Demeo Manager - ICT Team _______________________________ Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources (DITR) Level 4, 40 Allara Street, Canberra ACT 2601 GPO Box 9839, Canberra ACT 2600 Ph: 02 6213 7598 Mob: 0400 564 533 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://www.investaustralia.gov.au -- http://slug.org.au/ http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ http://holmwood.id.au/~lindsay/
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