Re: The End of Linux As We Know It

[Adam Tauno Williams <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>We've had some local reaction to some comments about Linux
>>>from a large software firm... Now, please read what the
>>>leaders of our community are doing about it:
>>>http://www.satirewire.com/news/0101/linux_quit.shtml
>>I've read the sad message.  The question now is:
>>What is the formal procedure for disbanding KLUG?
>>There actually is such a thing.  If officers don't meet for something
>>like 6~9 months KLUG legally dissolves.
>I beleive someone (like the chairman), must start the dissolution
>process.

Well, Dirk?

>>Hard assets are auctioned off to the members, and the total funds are
>>sent to Linux.Org (if I remember correctly).  But really,  if Linux is
>>dead,  what's the point of sending money to THAT organization?
>Because  linux.org will be bought by Microsoft, and they'll be a

Oh my,  and you thought Waco was bad.  I hear some of those european Linux users
are real die-hards.  Ever heard of the annual "geeks with guns" event.  It will
soon be General Eric Raymond.

>distribution point for Microsoft Disorganize[tm], the new ODBC, DCOM,
>DDE TLA, Win9x compliant software that even YOU can use with any
>Microsoft[tm] Office[tm] component, especially with the "LUG handling"
>pulldown... Just think, for only $449.50 (after reading the EULA) your 
>LUG can be dissolved using .Net! With all the right service packs install 
>in just the right order, we can even disincorporate on-line!

If we have students in the group can we get an education discount?

>>We'll just be perpetuating all this foolishness.  I say we just
>>write a check to Ziff-Davis publishing (the holders of ZDnet) and attach a
>>letter apologizing for participating in something as obviously
>>hopeless as Open Source, and thank them for setting us straight.
>Yeah, we need to pay proper homage and respect to all those folks who
>know how things work SO MUCH BETTER than we do.

Exactly,  I don't know how I thought an open component architecure based on
CORBA and XML/RPC running on a modular kernel with a well reasoned hardware
abstraction layer could stand up against with a gracefully monolithic system
like Windows NT.  I think I want all my presentation taken off the web site, 
it's just too embarrasing.

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