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In comp.unix.admin Jay Maynard <jmaynard@thebrain.conmicro.cx> wrote:
> [gnu.misc.discuss re-added, since that's where I'm reading this discussion.]

> On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:37:59 -0400, Anthony Ventimiglia
> <shepherd@pack.0f.wo1v35> wrote:
>>>>>>On Wednesday 26 June 2002 08:19 pm,  Jay Maynard boldly stated:
>>> My point being that, once RMS found he couldn't hitch a ride on the Linux
>>> shooting star, turning the Hurd into more than vapor became a priority.
>>> The utter failure of people to adopt his preferred name for the Linux
>>> system merely drove the point home. (The only people who use the incorrect
>>> term GNU/Linux are those who were already worshipping him, or those who
>>> want somethiing from him and are willing to use it to satisfy his petty
>>> demand for recognition he doesn't deserve.)
>>Maybe you should remove all the GNU software from your system and tell me 
>>what kind of OS you have.

> I use several OSes. (See http://www.conmicro.cx/homebox.html for the list.)

> I object to the Stallmanite point of view, and refuse to support it. That
> doesn't mean that I can't make use of the stuff they choose to give away, as
> long as I take steps to make sure their viral license doesn't infect my
> work.

> The Stallmanite argument about the name of Linus' OS is shown to be truly
> absurd by the fact that, even though the usual compiler to build *BSD is
> gcc, and the common library is glibc, he doesn't insist on calling it

BSD makes no use of glibc, they have their own.

> GNU/BSD...or GNU/Mac OS X...

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