[plug] Changes to PLUG

[Alex Polglaze]

Tim Bowden wrote:
> This I must protest in a most vigorous way.  SLPWA was designed to
> promote the commercial interests of those involved with Linux or Open
> Source consulting.  It was not designed to replace PLUG or splinter away
> original or hard core pluggers by any means.  I think many of those who
> joined SLPWA and disengaged from PLUG also disengaged from SLPWA over
> time.  Those who are involved with SLPWA at the moment are also still
> involved with PLUG.  The organisations have different but complimentary
> aims.
>   
This is exactly right.

I am a member of both and for very different reasons.

You only have to look at the names, not the acronyms, to see the difference.

Perth Linux Users Group

Society of Linux Professionals (Western Australia)

Ons is a user/hobbiest/interest group, the other is a professional 
business association. They are not mutually exclusive, but they serve 
very, very different roles in the Linux community.


Alex