I agree with your postion on calling a Linux system GNU/Linux. Have you
considered using the name GNU/Windows when refering to machines that use
the RedHat Cygwin UNIX envoroment?
No, because in that case the whole Windows system is still there.
GNU/Linux means "the GNU system, modif
hello cgf,
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 08:22:19PM +0900, J. Grant wrote:
>
>>The idea was from a conversation I had with some co-workers, not
>>entirely seriously but thank you for your reply setting the facts
>>straight.
>>
>
> So, sending this email RMS was a joke, the
Warren Postma wrote:
>Quoth JG:
>
>>Hello RMS,
>>I agree with your postion on calling a Linux system GNU/Linux. ...
>>
>
>I think we should all refer to his Stallman-ness, as "GNU/RMS". As for
>Cygwin, I think the
>RedHat representative said it best: It's their baby, so they get to name
>it.
Quoth JG:
> Hello RMS,
> I agree with your postion on calling a Linux system GNU/Linux. ...
I think we should all refer to his Stallman-ness, as "GNU/RMS". As for
Cygwin, I think the
RedHat representative said it best: It's their baby, so they get to name
it.
In the case of the Linux kernel,
On Mon, 2002-04-15 at 10:26, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 08:22:19PM +0900, J. Grant wrote:
> >The idea was from a conversation I had with some co-workers, not
> >entirely seriously but thank you for your reply setting the facts
> >straight.
>
> So, sending this email RMS w
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 08:22:19PM +0900, J. Grant wrote:
>The idea was from a conversation I had with some co-workers, not
>entirely seriously but thank you for your reply setting the facts
>straight.
So, sending this email RMS was a joke, then? Are you guys personal
friends who enjoy a good la
On Monday 15 April 2002 04:22, J. Grant wrote:
> Hello cgf,
>
> The idea was from a conversation I had with some co-workers, not
> entirely seriously but thank you for your reply setting the facts straight.
>
> Windows has been established as a reasonable generic word IMO, with the
> Lindows case
Hello cgf,
The idea was from a conversation I had with some co-workers, not
entirely seriously but thank you for your reply setting the facts straight.
Windows has been established as a reasonable generic word IMO, with the
Lindows case this was hinted at reciently.
JG
Christopher Faylor wrote
J. Grant wrote:
> I agree with your postion on calling a Linux system GNU/Linux. Have you
> considered using the name GNU/Windows when refering to machines that use
> the RedHat Cygwin UNIX envoroment?
(Debian) GNU/Linux is an Linux-Distribution using GNU-GPL. GNU/Windows
in analogy should be
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 12:49:16AM -0400, Roland Glenn McIntosh wrote:
> For the record, I assumed that JG was being sarcastic, because that idea sounded so
>foreign to me.
I dunno... I re-read that e-mail several times but was unable to
determine if it was entirely serious or not:
- if it was
For the record, I assumed that JG was being sarcastic, because that idea sounded so
foreign to me.
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On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 01:12:56PM +0900, J. Grant wrote:
>I agree with your postion on calling a Linux system GNU/Linux. Have you
>considered using the name GNU/Windows when refering to machines that use
>the RedHat Cygwin UNIX envoroment? This would be good publicity for
>the GNU tools that ar
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