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====== How it all started ====== | ====== How it all started ====== | ||
- | In April 1999, Jonathan Michaels, Carl Stern and Peter and Michaela Fackrell met to plan forming a !FreeBSD user group in Sydney, and Sue Blake attended by telephone. | + | In April 1999, Jonathan Michaels, Carl Stern and Peter and Michaela Fackrell met to plan forming a FreeBSD user group in Sydney, and Sue Blake attended by telephone. |
- | We set up a mailing list and started advertising on the relevant | + | We set up a mailing list and started advertising on the relevant FreeBSD mailing lists. |
As soon as discussion started within the group we realised that we wanted to include all BSD operating systems. | As soon as discussion started within the group we realised that we wanted to include all BSD operating systems. | ||
When strict rules were imposed many people withdrew from the group, returning to a new structure without rules and leaders but based on responsibility and cooperative effort. | When strict rules were imposed many people withdrew from the group, returning to a new structure without rules and leaders but based on responsibility and cooperative effort. |