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  • From: "Ricardo Izquierdo" <odracir_redwolf AT linuxmail.org>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Slice of History . . .
  • Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 03:04:02 +0800


----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Flatt <jason AT flattfamily.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:12:41 -0800
To: sm-discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [SM-Discuss] Slice of History . . .

> There has now been, for the second time in the last few months, a question
> about the name of our distribution. When the name change was finalized,
> all
> of our public interfaces (mail lists, Web sites, etc.) also changed and
> none
> of the existing public interfaces have any of the history from before the
> name change.
>
> I may be wrong, but as I remember it, the name that won the vote was
> "Source
> Mage GNU/Linux". I remember it so vividly, because I voted against it.
> :^)
> (And the guy who wanted it so much is no longer with us.) I thought the
> name
> stunk and I wanted something else. (I was also not very pleased with any
> of
> the offerings, but failed to come up with anything better, so here I
> stand.)
> Despite the fact that I voted against it, I now defend it whenever it is
> questioned or challenged.
>
> What I'm looking for now is if there is anyone out there who was wise (or
> smart, or lucky, or...) enough to save some or all of our history. I'm
> only
> interested in the time period from when our first fearless leader went into
> isolation (ahem -- deep coding) to when then name change took effect. I
> think we should, if possible, try to reintegrated it back into our existing
> public interface or at least provide a place on the Web site or Wiki where
> the information can be publicly accessed.
>
> What say you?
>
>
Jason is an excelent idea, because many of us had a little idea of the past
that make the present of SMGL
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