I was a little confused by that headline. All I read was that some LUG president resigned because he's against the war, and the DoD (or Army or whoever) uses Linux. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. He's giving up on Linux because his views conflict with those of an organization that is using it? So in his mind Linux is supporting the war (and as a LUG president, he is, indirectly, supporting Linux, and by extension, the war)? As a Linux user, shouldn't he appreciate the rights of /anyone/ to freely use it? I'm sure he read the article a year or two ago about the guy that was the techy for the mob? That guy was using Linux (hey, they aren't going to STEAL windows...) to setup things like encrypted e-mail for a criminal organization. Since he didn't resign his LUG presidency when that news broke, does that mean that he supports the mafia? Does he suppose that if Linus finds out that the (fictional organization) "Kill the Geeky Finns" is using Linux, that he'll stop developing it? Or sabotage it in some way? I imagine there are a lot of organizations using Linux that have conflicting opinions of Linus'. He is delusional if he considers this a way to protest the war. If he wants to make a difference, he should fly over to Iraq and handcuff himself to a couple of Iraqi soldiers or something. Or have a bullet-catching contest. Friggin' hippies :) Forgive me if the headline is misleading and I'm way off base here. On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 10:21, Clay Fandre wrote: > I wonder if I would get as much press if I quit? > > http://technology.newsforge.com/technology/04/04/20/2229245.shtml > > How about a webpoll? > > How would you feel if Clay resigned as TCLUG president? > 1. My life would no longer have meaning > 2. I would be sad > 3. I wouldn't lose any sleep over it > 4. I would have a beer and celebrate > 5. Finally. Now we can get someone who has a clue run this group. > 6. Clay who? > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list