[Leaplist] FACUG (FL. All Computer User Groups) contacts, and my regulat rant, updated.

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Met with James Thompson this evening, and he has invited all computer 
groups, LUGs, etc. to try to meet together, in a forum at the site,

FACUG.org which represents 46 PC and Mac computer users groups in 
Florida.  

I of course mentioned that I have no problem checking out his site, 
except I don't deal or converse with multiple convicted felon pirate thief

Microsoft or its cartel of protection racket "Trusted Partners".    All 
of whom seem to sponsor or appear in close proximity to most of the clogged

up,  infested, and broken, PCs that folks have me 'fix' in about 30 
minutes each, by installing PCLinuxOS, SimplyMepis,  Kubuntu, or 
Edubuntu.   

We did laugh about Bill Gate's offer to Beijing of $3 a copy Microsoft, 
for qualified school students,  and  today's   marvelous  gift  offer of $5

copies to all poverty stricken Chinese children. 

A CD of the four most recent pirated Microsoft products sells on the 
streets for $20, and includes pirated firewall and AV products. 

A legitimate full  Official Red Flag GNU/Linux CD sells for $7.00, and 
includes the Big 5 Chinese languages, along with  several other world

languages.  It includes several thousand full applications, programs, 
suites.

I am also in favor of GPL3 enforcement upon user companies that any 
patent protection extended to any one of

their users or cross licensed entity(ies), in any contractual 
arrangement, applies equally to all users of their products, if they use 
any of the Open

Source  Code in those products.   Of course I do know from years of 
military service in many diplomatic situations and some conflicts, that an

embargo works wonders in getting the attention of a misfit or  cretin 
(cough *cough *repeated convicted felon pirate thief Microsoft *cough

*cough) who repeatedly defy  the prior agreed to rules of international 
standards bodies.
 

James had been key in arranging and organizing the Tech. Seminar Event 
last fall, and wants to do so again this year.  I wish him luck, and did

mention I would pass along his information.  He is available at the 
email president at facug.org   Web site is http://facug.org   Tell them I sent

you to recruit more GNU/Linux users.