Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Russ Allbery
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 05:20

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In gnu.misc.discuss, Jay Maynard <jmaynard@thebrain.conmicro.cx> writes:

> Did you not see the post I made a few days ago pointing to the URL of
> the Intel document where they claim their compiler will build the
> kernel?

No, I didn't see it.  Huh.  I wonder how precarious that state is; in
other words, I wonder if they made a one-time effort to implement various
things specifically required by the kernel, or if they're actively
tracking new dependencies?  Linux doesn't just use well-documented
extensions; it also uses such things as the way that gcc specifically lays
out code to do some particular things.

> That still doesn't give the midwife the right to name the baby.

Yeah, I didn't intend to debate that point at all.  Just the one about
whether Linux is useful in the absence of GNU software.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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From: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
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Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
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