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Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Sami Sihvonen
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 15:07
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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.

>> 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...

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From: Sami Sihvonen <ss@janiika.com>
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Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
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