The following is a copy of the Usenet posting that Pete Salzman
sent to the "ucd.life" and "ucd.swap" newsgroups in December, 1998,
and which was what started LUGOD:


From: Pete (psalzman@landau.ucdavis.edu)
Subject: Davis Linux User Group?!?
Newsgroups: ucd.swap, ucd.life
Date: 1998/12/17

hello all

i'm making the plunge tomorrow--microsoft is getting evicted from my house
and redhat linux is coming to stay.  i'm backing up my drives as i type...

is there a linux user group in davis?  if not, are there people who might
be interested in forming one?

pete