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LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use

Posted by timothy on from the forget-about-military-oxygen-use dept.

Joe Barr writes "NewsForge is carrying the news that the founder and president of Linux Users Los Angeles (LULA) has resigned because of his opposition to the war in Iraq and the U.S. Armed Forces' use of Linux."

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  1. Other tools... by mishehu · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is like saying you will step down as the head of a screwdriver & hammer manufacturing company because you are against the war in Iraq and you oppose the military's use of screwdrivers & hammers.

    Are the articles that lean this morning?

  2. Re:Blaming the tool again... by harrkev · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Perhaps, but it could be Vermont next year, or maybe Texas. I am not saying that it is perfect. But it is not all bad either.

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    "-1 Troll" is the apparently the same as "-1 I disagree with you."
  3. Get The Whole Story by CATINTHEHAT · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Question: Why did Dick Cheney go to Shanghai last week? Answer: Because the Chinese said they would only talk to the top guy.

    The sad truth is that we i.e. Cheney and Bush, are up to no good in Iraq. That's why WorldCom got the contract to rebuild the telephone system and...

    First read my whole statement not excerpts. Then respond.

    NewsForge and Slashdot could have provided a link to the source but it seems in this case they elected not to give you full access.

    My point is that there are times an issue must be raised in every quarter. The United States is massacuring people in Falluoja today. That makes this one of those times.

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    Clay Claiborne, Producer Vietnam: American Holocaust Linux Beach (310)581-1536