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Article #4241Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
From: Christopher Browne
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 16:52
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 16:52
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Quoth Sami Sihvonen <ss@janiika.com>: > In article <afs1pq$iki$4@news.doit.wisc.edu>, > Steve Mading <madings@baladi.bmrb.wisc.edu> wrote: >>>>>>> It is GNU/Linux, not Linux... See http://www.gnu.org/ for details. >> And the sad thing is, people opposed to RMS's messy name aren't >> trying to claim he doesn't deserve any credit, as some people >> falsely claim. They just recognize that the name of a thing is not >> the right place to put its bibliography. > This is not about bibliography, this is about using the correct > name. It is GNU/Linux. And that name should be used. This is not > about RMS or his credit, this is about GNU Project and it's credit. And remember, it's mostly about people involved with the FSF _demanding_ credit. Unfortunately, that kind of credit isn't nearly as valuable as the credit that is freely given. -- (concatenate 'string "cbbrowne" "@ntlug.org") http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/x.html "If roach hotels worked on pointy haired people, Microsoft would die." -- Pete Koren
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From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
Date: 11 Jul 2002 16:52:04 GMT
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