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Re: Founding an Amuta



On Mon, 1 Jul 1996, Ira Abramov wrote:

> There is not one thing we are doing today that's worth all this bother.

That, my friend, is exactly the point. As an Amuta we can do so much 
MORE, like ask for funding from commercial business and other 
(goverment?) organizations, realase material to the press (and get 
published), organize buying Linux stuff (CD's, journals) as a "big" body 
and enjoy the relase from certain taxes that amutot can be given.

More over, I disagree that Linux does not have a crowd in Isarael. There 
are a great many Linux users in Israel that do not know of our 
existance (just the other day i saw a letter in "Byte" about linux and 
it was signed by someone named Hetz in Israel). And besides them, we 
have a REALLY big crowd of computer students (who'll love to get their 
hand on a decent OS, and I know that from experience), and high school 
students that dont have the money to buy a P120 just so that they can run a 
32bit OS. Belive me, we have a crowd, we just need to know how to sell 
Linux (as an idea. not a product) and the Amuta is a good way to start. 

There is a big difference between the list and the amuta - the list is 
for giving and getting support and some news. the Amuta is for people who 
want to give back to Linux and the idea of free software what they get out of 
it daily.

Correct me if I'm wrong. ;-)  

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