Re: The End of Linux As We Know It

["Robert G. Brown" <bob@xxxxxxx>]

Quoting "Ralph M. Deal" <deal@kzoo.edu>:

> "Robert G. Brown" wrote:
> 
> > 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.

>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.orgwill be bought by Microsoft, and they'll be a
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!

>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.

                                                        Cheers!
                                                         ---> RGB <---