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Re: A remark regarding the "Linux Event" (fwd)




On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Eli Marmor wrote:

> Thanks all for trusting in me; I hope I'll deserve your
> appreciation!
> 
> > actively lend a hand in the preperations. Also - please make sure to
> > mention ILUG and not linux-il wherever you do mention the group.
> 
> Neither will be mentioned, at least in the Hebrew texts. The name
> will be "Igud Mishtamshei Linux BeIsrael" (or "Kvuzat Mishtamshei
> Linux BeIsrael"). By the way: Oracle Israel, the leading sponsor,
> has a user group called "ILOUG". Just for curiosity...

about 2.5 years ago or so I started noticing all the brand new LUG sites
on the net, and told the group, as a joke, that LUG-IL and ILLUG look
funny, and we should call it ILUG. that's an obvious joke, I thought,
because pgonetically in Hebrew "ee-Loog" sounds bad, or more aptly, lame.
and worse, since we were for some short period discussing making this the
"Israel & Palestine LUG", it would have created PILUG (literally,
politically, etc. - idea dropped for no practical reason).

bottom line: we need a nice catchy acronym, that has no negative sound in
semitic (or latin) languages, so it can be used officially by papers and
show organizers.. LUGI is cute. IsraLUG is a bit long, and sounds almost
commercial...

IGUL = Israeli Group (of) Users (of) Linux?
       Israeli Group (of) Unix & Linux?
       and if we ever become an Amuta: (Hebrew acronyms for IGUL)
	Amutat Unix, GNU Ve-Linux

GILI: GILI Is Linux Israel

GILGUL: GILGUL Is Linux Group (of) Usears (in) israeL

HOLY : HOLY Organization of Linux Yisrael

(man, I should be a copyrighter :-)

HOLE : Holyland Organization of Linux Efficianados

(ok, I'm running out of ideas)

want to offer more, and take a vote?

-- 
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