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Article #4317Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
From: Tim Haynes
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 15:42
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 15:42
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Wayne Brown <fwbrown@bellsouth.net> writes: >> 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. > > The "correct name" is whatever Linus Torvalds chooses to call it -- > and he calls it Linux. Is that the kernel or a specific distribution or the set of all distributions, about which he talks, however? Besides, the idea that creator has absolute control over the name, or even will by definition choose a sensible name, is subject to rather a lot of debate. ~Tim -- You should never underestimate |piglet@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk the predictability of stupidity. |http://spodzone.org.uk/
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