For the love of Tuxie (was: Re: [NCLUG] Installfest anyone?)

[Sean Reifschneider]

Chad Perrin wrote:
 > Umm . . . when did I say anything to the effect that we shouldn't put the

I think what Jim was trying to convey, poorly due to having gotten up at
the undogly hour of 5am that morning, was that it would be totally
appropriate to have a Tux on the NCLUG shirt.  Obviously, we probably want
to have the NCLUG on it as it is the group shirt.

If we had a design which was good and didn't have the Tux, I would support
it.  For example, Luke's shirt design from oh so long ago works without a
tux.

However, if the choice is between a clever shirt with a Tux on it and a
white shirt with black letters "NCLUG" on it, I think we should take the
better design.  If, through or irrespective of your feedback, we get a good
design that has no tux on it, that's great.  And good silkscreening only
requires a minimum order of around a dozen, so it's even possible that we'd
have enough demand to do both.

I understand and agree with the sentiment that NCLUG is about the people
and the presentations.  However, the thing that brings us together is, no
doubt, Linux.  It may not be why *YOU* attend, but it is what has kept us
meeting regularly for over a decade and is the thread behind the
presentations.

That said, I think comparing Linux to MSN we can do without -- it just
really don't serve a purpose.  I realize that that is not what you
literally said, but I'm sure you could understand that there is some
sensitivity among Linux folk to the invocation of the MS name and their
network.  I don't know what you were (consciously or unconsciously) trying
to do there, but I give you the benefit of the doubt.  But I have
experienced BSD people who have some pretty hard feelings about Linux, like
it's the "Microsoft of Unix".

I believe we do *NOT* need anything even close to that sort of sentiment
here, pointed towards or away from Linux.  It just serves no useful
purpose, and in most cases is just a troll anyway.  To quote Buckaroo
Banzai, "Don't be mean."

Sean
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