Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Jay Maynard
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:11

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On 12 Jul 2002 13:19:16 -0400, Kevin Everets <kevin.everets@alcatel.com>
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>jmaynard@thebrain.conmicro.cx (Jay Maynard) writes:
>> Your analogies fall down on one simple point: both the computer system and
>> the car are products of one entity.
>> The system is *NOT* GNU. For you to claim that it is merely shows how little
>> you know about just what goes into a Linux system.
>For you to claim the above, merely shows how little you know about
>computer systems and cars.  Try a line of reasoning rather than ad
>hominem fallacies.

All right, then: Let's take a look at the car in my garage, a Lexus RX300.
If you were to disassemble it into its component parts, including separating
all of the pieces that get welded together to make the body and frame, you'd
find that a large portion of them were made by Toyota, and most of the rest
were made by suppliers specifically to Toyota's specifications. Some
off-the-shelf or generic parts are used, but a small part at best. The
vehicle was assembled in a plant owned by Toyota in Kyushu, Japan. It was
shipped to the US by Toyota, and sold, serviced, and supported by a Lexus
distributor under an agreement with Toyota USA. To me, all that gives Toyota
the right to name the car whatever they wish (assuming they don't infringe
on someone else's trademark without their permission).

Now, are you seriously claiming that the collection of stuff that makes up
the average Linux system has that same level of involvement from the GNU
project? If so, on what do you base that conclusion, and how do you justify
that level of involvement when compared to, say, the XFree86 Project?

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From: jmaynard@thebrain.conmicro.cx (Jay Maynard)
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Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:11:45 -0000
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