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Article #4320Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
From: Jay Maynard
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 16:03
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 16:03
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On 8 Jul 2002 15:35:22 GMT, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org> wrote: >I don't think anyone (aside from the Jay Maynards of the world despise >_anything_ the FSF does) would have any great problem if the FSF >decided to release a distribution called GNU/Linux. Nope. If the FSF were to do that, I'd have no argument, because *then* (and ONLY then) would it merit the name. Heck, I don't have that much of a problem with the name Debian GNU/Linux; it just shows how the Debian distribution isn't about anything but political correctness. >Personally, I think RMS would do far better to find some other axe to >grind on, and try and motivate the people around the FSF to do things >that would cause them to be perceived more positively. I do too. However, he's not going to listen to either of us; he's Right, Dammit! > When he >continues to grind the "it should be GNU/Linux" axe, especially what >with the not-exactly-lovey-dovey relationship betwixt he and Torvalds, >it makes him look like a crackpot. Think of it as truth in advertising. He *is* a crackpot.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f8c9b,c2f5a7a6eb2eb0a9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8c9b,public X-Google-Thread: 1020c6,c2f5a7a6eb2eb0a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1020c6,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,7144e36039d56e89 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-08 09:04:29 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!jmaynard From: jmaynard@thebrain.conmicro.cx (Jay Maynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux? Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 16:03:45 -0000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <slrnaijdus.9cc.jmaynard@thebrain.conmicro.cx> References: <25fc8d92.0206150829.2aba827b@posting.google.com> <Xns922EAE616F7DFjasonbaugherpikeilus@209.242.76.10> <aelarj$5qt$1@tilde.itg.ti.com> <aermut$1vt9$1@agate.berkeley.edu> <n36dhucf8bochbnh1lfhtp78lkrrerjpug@4ax.com> <afddm8$94k$1@tilde.itg.ti.com> <l5unhu0a4ugvlfbri4r4qpl1v0g8op2s1o@4ax.com> <afishq$h9$1@news.doit.wisc.edu> <afpdun$a81$1@tilde.itg.ti.com> <afs1pq$iki$4@news.doit.wisc.edu> <mqddiuku8nkb2lpm4o70r9jbi50rjugc1v@4ax.com> <mOhW8.64858$wj4.5631530@e3500-atl2.usenetserver.com> <agcbfp$knql8$1@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de> Reply-To: jmaynard@conmicro.cx User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.4 (Linux) X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 25