On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 07:02:06PM +0200, Moshe Zadka wrote:
> Note:
> Richard Stallman has requested time and again to refer to the OS as
> GNU/Linux. While the kernel is Linux, most basic utilities are part of
> FSF's GNU project for providing a free operating system. If you care at
> all about the opinion of the guy who wrote some of the most basic tools
> you are using (gcc, gdb, Emacs) and founded the organization (FSF) which
> funded much of the rest (parts of GNOME, file-utils, text-utils and so
> on), please refer to the OS as GNU/Linux.
I find I suddenly lose half the need to choose how to call it once I
give proper credit where credit's due and refer to features of a
specific product: the Linux kernel is stable, UNIX has wonderful
design, GNU is a great implementation, XFree86 is featureful, Debian
is sophisticated, Corel is easy to install and so forth. Half the time
I find that people talk about Linux / GNU/Linux features when they
mean something that can just as well apply to, say, FreeBSD.
But I agree GNU deserves to name the OS family, having started it,
having contributed more code than anyone else, and (which you haven't
mentioned) leading most of the design, and organizing / initiating
more projects than any other organization.
> --
> Moshe Zadka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
> http://www.oreilly.com/news/prescod_0300.html
- Adi Stav
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