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[Jim Kissel]

Toby Smithe wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 09:30 +0100, Jim Kissel wrote:
>> Every time I get sucked into this debate, I reflect back that John Q. 
>> Public/Joe Sixpack calls it Linux.  You may not like it, and probably 
>> don't, but that's not going to change the general public's mind as to 
>> it's proper name.
>>
>> "...but we should educate the public to the error of their ways...." and 
>> perhaps we should, but remember that it is a difficult job to teach a 
>> pig to sing, and it annoys the pig.
> 
> Oh yes, and I also just call it Linux. Or Ubuntu.
> 
So do I, but some people at the local LUG have taken exception to it. 
Even worse, I once commented to the effect that Ubuntu was the 
same/similar to Debian.  I got my head handed to me on a platter for 
that one, but oddly enough Ian Murdock thinks that Ubuntu-Debian are the 
  same.  "I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian"  Ian Murdock, Linux Format, 
LXF92 May 2007.

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