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On Sun, 2006-02-07 at 00:34 +0100, Daniel Carrera wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> So it should, in fact, be</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> called Xorg/XFree+GNU+Linux.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I wouldn't object to your calling it X/GNU/Linux if you want. </FONT>
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That's the whole point, however. You don't particularly care what people call it. You have your own approach to it and allow others theirs.<BR>
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RMS <B>does</B> care, however. He wants everybody to call it GNU/Linux or GNU+Linux because he feels pissy over Linus' success and his own perceived snubbing. He tries to rationalise it by saying that since "most" of the code is GNU and Linux only fills "a small remaining part" that this is justified because it "recognises the valuable contributions of GNU". Yet, oddly enough, he doesn't seem to think that other valuable contributions -- contributions which are far more valuable in terms of widespread adoption (your average end-user not knowing nor caring what a "grep" or an "awk" is) -- should be "recognised" in the name. So his whole rationalisation falls apart.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Further, just on the side of salesmanship: a short, easily-pronounced</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> name -- "Linux" in this case -- is far superior to a clumsy expression</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> like "Guh-new plus Linux" or "Guh-new slash Linux".</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I write GNU/Linux but pronounce it "Linux" :)</FONT>
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That even makes sense. <IMG SRC="cid:1151798115.22782.12.camel@localhost.localdomain" ALIGN="middle" ALT=":D" BORDER="0"><BR>
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