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Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Jim Williams
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 13:45
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adt@netcom.com (Anthony D. Tribelli) wrote:
>Dan Pop (Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch) wrote:
>: In <adtDCAwnE.1tx@netcom.com> adt@netcom.com (Anthony D. Tribelli) writes:
>
>: >The product called "linux", is more than the kernel called "linux". The
>: >product called linux is the kernel + drivers + utilities + X + ...
>
>: To the best of my knowledge, there is no product called "Linux".
>: There is a kernel called Linux and a set of libraries developed to be
>: used in conjunction with this kernel...
>
>Slackware linux is a product, Yggdrasil plug-and-play linux is a product, ...
>

Dig through your dictionary for an alternative definition of "product" then.  The
Linux kernel is the product of a considerable labor of love by a large number of
kernel hackers.  The Linux kernel is not a commercial product, but it certainly
is a product.

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From: Jim Williams <williams@tiac.net>
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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: 2 Aug 1995 13:45:21 GMT
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