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On 01/04/2012 01:24 PM, Rich Faulkner wrote:
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If memory serves, Richard Stallman started the GNU Project out of
his days at MIT and UNIX. He never (until recently?) had a kernel
for his work though. GNU Project provided bits and pieces of the
pie but never the kernel. This is where Linus and his tweaking of
Minix fell into place but well after RMS got his work going. The
relationship of GNU/Linux is a marriage more than a following of
coat tails that I'm aware of...<br>
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<insert standard disclaimer confirming these are the rantings of
an opinionated geek><br>
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The problem with GNU/Linux is that it assumes that there is nothing
else of real import in the system that isn't GNU or the Linux
kernel. And that is more ludicrous than anything else.<br>
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There are PLENTY of non-GNU software present in the system and they
aren't clamoring to get their names plastered onto the distro type.<br>
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I'm not saying that he doesn't have a point. But I'm saying that the
way he chooses to make his point leads me (and some others) to
classify him as a pedantic lunatic rather than someone seriously
trying to enact change. <br>
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Notice that Stallman keeps harping on "GNU" and not "FOSS".<br>
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