Re: [tlug] Linux Format magazine

["Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon" <ronfaxon@example.com>]

Josh,

I felt that the first two paragraphs were a bit choppy and needing 
attention, so I turned my fingers loose on the keyboard and came up with 
the following.  While I made many changes to the first two paragraphs, I 
completely left the last two alone.  The full text is as follows.

Lyle


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The Tokyo Linux Users Group arose through the creative energies of a 
number of Japan's Internet pioneers. Recognizing the significance of 
Linux, TLUG's earliest beginning was on June 16, 1994 as the "Linux 
Conference on TWICS" (the only public access ISP in Japan at that time). 
Those pioneering early days were exciting and friendly, with everyone 
helping each other resolve issues while learning about Linux. In 
September, the first official "TLUG" meeting was held, followed by 
quarterly meetings.

We are historically proud of participation by Tim O'Reilly and Eric S. 
Raymond (who went on to translate ESR's seminal "The Cathedral and the 
Bazaar"), socially proud of consuming vast amounts of beer, fiendishly 
proud of almost setting a Japanese beer-hall on fire, and technically 
proud of solving a vast array of problems (large and small) related to 
Linux and Open Source software!

TLUG has established itself as one of the foremost Internet resources 
for issues related to using the Japanese language on Linux / Unix, and 
is proud to count a number of field-leading figures among its members, 
including: the founder of the EDICT project, the XEmacs Release Manager, 
the founder of the Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, a prominent Perl 
hacker, a salty NetBSD / XFree86 hacker, a GNOME hacker, the editor of 
the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter, a Gentoo developer, and a legion of 
knowledgeable people who have a lot of fun playing with Linux.

TLUG holds meetings every month now, alternating between technical 
meetings and drinking parties. Membership (like love) doesn't cost a 
thing, and everyone is welcome, even if you are not in Tokyo or even 
Japan--some of our most active mailing list members live overseas--so 
stop by tlug.jp anytime!

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