On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 11:51:25AM +0000, Colm Buckley wrote:
[...]
> Redefining the group as anything else means that you can no
> longer claim the existing membership as supporters. This is the
> principal reason I am opposed to any redefinition of the ILUG. If a
> Free Software movement started in Ireland, I'd be among the first to
> support it, as I suspect would a large portion of ILUG members, but it
> would be (and would have to be) *separate* from the ILUG. There would
> be strong links between the two, but they would not be the same thing.
Amen to that. Couldn't have put it better myself.
Cheerio,
Thomas
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