[CS-FSLUG] Who wrote Linux? Interesting point...

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Quoting Eduardo Sanchez <lists at sombragris.org>:

> See article here:
> http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39152623,00.htm
>
> In a nutshell, it's all about the fact that "Linux" is not just linux,
> it's GNU/Linux.

To be fair to all (I think GNU's position is a little overstated), I'd have to
be running "Linux/GNU/Apache/KDE/Gnome/Mozilla/X.org/..." and that's just
overkill.

One argument that could be brought up (amongst others) is that "the interface is
the product"... hence "KDE" or "X11/KDE" might be a bit more "accurate" than
"GNU/Linux"

Perhaps we should just call these things generically an "operating system" with
perhaps a distinction between free, Free, and $$$, rather than pursing all of
these labels.

I read "books" not
"woodcutter-name/pulp-mill-name/publisher-name/distributor-name/bookstore-name-s"

David