Re: [tlug] Re: Why the shirts? Why TLUG?

["Uva Coder" <uva.coder@example.com>]

On 4/22/07, Attila Kinali <attila@example.com> wrote:
> Sorry, but there is no brand Linux, or a brand OSS.
> The OSS community in general and the Linux community
> in special is just a bunch of people doing something
> along a similar line. I don't really understand why
> people always try to make a brand out of it of try
> to put everyone into the same pot.
> OSS people are very inhomogenous. There aren't two
> who think the same way or eve do the same thing.
>
> If you want to generalize those people, please
> call them a community or a movement, but please
> don't call them a brand.

There is, but most brands are ubiquitous. The average U.S. citizen
views 3000 brands a day. TLUG is a brand. Why do folks choose TLUG
over another LUG? To claim there is no brand is to not understand the
idea of brand. Its persistent regardless if you recognize it for what
it is or not. I'll post some reading material a bit later so show you
where I'm coming from.

--Uva