Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Jay Maynard
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 20:43

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On 11 Jul 2002 15:09:01 -0400, Kevin Everets <kevin.everets@alcatel.com>
wrote:
>What part of:
>  We use Linux-based GNU systems today for most of our work, and we
>  hope you use them too.  But please don't confuse the public by using
>  the name ``Linux'' ambiguously.  Linux is the kernel, one of the
>  essential major components of the system.  The system as a whole is
>  more or less the GNU system, with Linux added.  When you're talking
>  about this combination, please call it ``GNU/Linux''.
>is demanding?  It all seems like a request (with a "please" even!) to
>me.

When you couple that with RMS's refusal to even discuss it with people who
don't honor his request, that becomes a lot less courteous.

Besides, it's wrong: The system as a whole is *NOT* "more or less the GNU
system, with Linux added". 7% does not make the system "more or less the GNU
system".

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From: jmaynard@thebrain.conmicro.cx (Jay Maynard)
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Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 20:43:23 -0000
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