Michael Leone on Sun, 11 Feb 2001 12:15:13 -0500 |
On 11 Feb 2001 12:00:38 -0500, Beldon wrote: > Rupert-- > > With all due respect to you and your opinion, I think it would be better if > we keep to promoting Linux rather than dogging Windows. I think the Linux > kernel has gotten to the point of maturity where it can stand on its own > merits, rather than Windows' (or any other OS's) faults. Hopefully we in the > Linux community have reached that level of maturity as well. Well said. > > Also, I think an original idea-- especially based on something that says > something about us and our little town. New York's LUG T-shirts had Tux as a > cabbie (cigar and all). What a cool tie-in! yeah, they were neat. > > I was thinking something like Tux flying a kite in a thunderstorm, or signing > the Declaration of independance (pretty apt image there [no pun intended]), > or something along those lines. I like it! I was thinking of Tux, soft pretzel in one hand, leaning on the Liberty Bell. "Linux - the real cradle of liberty" This may be better. Anybody here a graphic artist? Or know one? > > Think of what happened 225 years ago in Philadelphia. A rag-tag band of > outcasts and colonists got tired of what was offered by the regime they lived > under and decided they could make things better themselves. > > Sound familiar? Now how do we work that visually into an image people will > look at and say, "Cool shirt! Can I buy a dozen from you?" Or, even better, > "How do I join?". (Or how about, "Can I cater your meetings?") LOL! Now, if we could get a beer dirtibutor to make that offer ... > > On Sunday 11 February 2001 11:23, you wrote: > > To move this idea along, I have a suggestion for what to put on the > > T-shirts..... > > > > On front: > > > > We > > -P- [illy] -L- [inux] -U- [ser] -G- [roup] > > the holes in Windows > > > > On Back: (idea from VA Linux T shirt - I love it) > > > > There is nothing wrong with Windows 2000 that Linux can't fix. > > > > > > -- > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GIT/MU/CS/PA d s:++ a C++ UA$ P+++ L++>++++ E W++ N++ o-- K w--- O- M+ V-- PS+ > PE Y+ PGP+ t+ 5-- X- R* !tv b++ DI++ D+ G++ e+ h--- r+++ y++++ > -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK------- > For translation: http://www.kluge.net/ungeek.html > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael J. Leone <mailto:turgon@mike-leone.com> PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF Registered Linux user #201348 As the bombshells of my daily fears explode ... _Galileo_, The Indigo Girls ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug
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