On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, George Bonser wrote:
>
> I thought the following comment from Linus was interesting. It comes from
> an article he wrote at www.linuxworld.com
>
> ...
> The importance of compilers was one reason I chose to license Linux
> under the GNU Public License (GPL). The GPL was the license for the
> GCC compiler. I think that all the other projects from the GNU group
> are for Linux insignificant in comparison. GCC is the only one that
> I really care about. A number of them I hate with a passion; the
> Emacs editor is horrible, for example. While Linux is larger than
> Emacs, at least Linux has the excuse that it needs to be.
>
> ...Linus Torvalds
>
Hi George
Sounds like religion to me. Religion is religion
no matter who pronounces it.
Emacs is a religion. Some hate it, some love it.
Few are neutral. I love Emacs.
I respect those who use small editors and restart
the editor for each compilation error.
With great respect for Linus, George B, and all the
rest of those who make _MY_ operating system and its
ecoutrements possible and useful, I am
David Teague [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian GNU/Linux: Because the support is free and the best anywhere.
The software is useful, free, easy to use and stable.
