Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Christopher Browne
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:01

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Sami Sihvonen <ss@janiika.com> wrote:
> In article <ah1hdf$pbvck$2@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de>,
> Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org> wrote:
>
>> In your neck of the universe, you can call them whatever you want.
>> "GNU/Linux/Throat-Warbler-Mangrove," if you wish.
>
> Sure, anybody can make their own GNU/Linux distribution. But today
> they all contain huge amounts, so including "GNU" in the name is a
> must.

It's a must _for you_.

>>> One CD-ROM vendor found that in their ``Linux distribution'', GNU 
>>> software was the largest single contingent, around 28% of the total
>> Somehow it appears that you must have failed basic arithmetic.
>
> That 28% ain't no webbrowser or GUI, it's all important stuff...

You said "most."  28% is not "most."  

I don't _care_ if it's "important stuff" or not; if you claim that 28%
is correctly called "most," you're either innumerate or dishonest.
Pick whichever you prefer.
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From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
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