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Article #4207Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
From: Steve Mading
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 23:12
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In comp.unix.questions SW <sw@spammersblow.com> wrote: : "Steve Mading" <madings@baladi.bmrb.wisc.edu> wrote in message : news:agl3jv$gni$3@news.doit.wisc.edu... :> If it looks ridiculous it's simply because the name GNU/linux is :> ridiculous and I'm showing how by analogy - the above nonsense :> is what would happen if other things were named the same way. : It does look ridiculous. But what's even more ridiculous is the amount of : energy being expended on deciding the name of a damned operating system, : under the assumption that the name has anything to do with the genius behind : it anyway. Shouldn't you all be off coding somewhere, to further refine the : technology? :P True. Now if only RMS would realise it and stop insisting that people do it his way.
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From: Steve Mading <madings@baladi.bmrb.wisc.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.advocacy
Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 23:12:28 +0000 (UTC)
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