A fork? Over beers with a guy who's known for his ranting? I think we need to slow down here - and put up a poll if there's enough people that want the change for hopefully better reasons than that. Although his cause is noble and important, asking us to change our name to hang out with him smacks of egomania, as does the unnecessary Torvalds-bashing. It reminds me more of Fox News than MPR. -Dave Robert Wilkinson wrote: > Thank you Chuck, I totally agree. > > Be > careful though. One of his faithful worshipers accused me of having a > potty mouth because I referred to him as another animal. > > It might be time for the group to split? > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> > To: Sunny <sloncho at gmail.com>; TCLUG List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Sunday, October 5, 2008 3:57:37 PM > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Stallman wants to meet us, if we are TC*G*LUG > > Seems > like Stallman is a conceited dinosaur who has outlived his time and > mission. Perhaps that is why he was invited. He should > have passed the orch long ago and just "done good works" instead of continuing his ranting and raving. He could be known and > respected as a guru who made major contribution if it weren't for the fanatic and inappropriate raving he continues. > > The > conceit to insist that the TCLUG name be changed is extreme, > unprofessional, and unforgivable. I see no implication that GNU is > ignored > or disrespected in the name TCLUG: it's just plain and simple naming > (KISS). We should not change the name, but could put a > credit mention of GNU (etc) on the website. > > I > would not bother to hear him talk after all this. I would recommend > that his invitations to speak and to have a drink afterwards > be revoked, but neither are mine to decide. > > > Chuck > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >