Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Tim Haynes
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 16:33

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hoh@invalid.invalid (Goran Larsson) writes:

> In article <mqddiuku8nkb2lpm4o70r9jbi50rjugc1v@4ax.com>,
> Sami Sihvonen  <ss@janiika.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> You still haven't answered the question about how the other contributors
> to Linux should be credited. Why should GNU with its minority
> contribution to Linux be able to demand that their acronym be included in
> the Linux name?

Tell you what, go implement an alternative and call it Sami/Linux. Then
I'll be interested.

~Tim
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From: Tim Haynes <usenet@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
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