[Auugps] [AUUG-Talk]: Re: AUUGPS v. Linux Australia v. AUUG continuing

Greg 'groggy' Lehey Greg.Lehey at auug.org.au
Tue Nov 25 12:00:12 EST 2008


On Monday, 24 November 2008 at 23:06:50 +1100, Frank Crawford wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 15:29 +1030, David Newall wrote:
> ....
>> What we call AUUG is named the Australian UNIX and Open Systems User
>> Group Incorporated.  I see no reason why AUUG couldn't be replaced by
>> something else called AUUG but named the AUUG Preservation Society.
>> This would preserve the moniker, which I think is what's important.  The
>> name is not so important.
>
> David, sorry to correct you here, but the actual name it was
> incorporated under is AUUG Incorporated, which does not stand for
> anything officially.

Correct.  That, too, is part of UNIX folklore :-)

I agree with David, though, that we should maintain the name "AUUG"
rather than migrating to "AUUGPS" (for some definition of "we").

Greg
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