>>>>> "TB" == Thomas Bridge <tbridge at vianetworks.ie> writes:
TB> When I was drawing up the constitution last year, there was a
TB> discussion about whether or not the ILUG should become a
TB> general Open Source Advocacy group, and the feeling of the
TB> membership at the time was that although there was a strong
TB> overlap between Open Source and Linux, it wasn't complete and
TB> that Linux advocacy and Open Source advocacy were not the one
TB> and same.
"Strong overlap"? If it wasn't for free software and Open Source, you
wouldn't even *have* Linux, you ingrates.
TB> So can we please drop this silliness?
While the tone of my message was silly, my intent was deadly serious,
sir.
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