hi On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 12:21:41PM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 10:32:19PM +0200, Carsten Leonhardt wrote: > > A Mennucc1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Why? well, there was no big consenous on any name; so I looked at the > > > problem the other way around, and saw that nobody was actually against > > > 'win', but for > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Janusz S. Biee?), who said that > > > > > > > In hacker language, calling something a "win" is a form of praise. We > > > > don't want to praise a non-free Microsoft system, so we don't call it > > > > "win". > > > > I guess (I hope!) that's because one person gave a good reason, and > > the rest didn't want to write "ME TOO!" messages. Please reconsider. > > Sigh. Yes, the quote also represented my opinion perfectly, so I > saw no need to add a me-too. > > "A Mennucc1", please don't make a habit of _counting_ arguments to > determine their relevance. It's not very useful, and if it becomes > a popular habit it will just increase the noise level. I don't want > to see this mailing list devolve into a shouting-the-loudest contest.[1]
I am not counting arguments as I would count ballots; I am just acknowledging them. savour the difference > If you want to settle something by vote, then hold an actual vote. see next e-mail > > > but this does not apply here; I indeed hope that 'Debian GNU/win' > > > will be a 'win' :-) > > A win of what? You never actually said what you intend to achieve > with it. did you read my whole e-mail? it is explained clearly! didnt you see a piece starting as '-----why is the 'win' port important?' (and I even used these section markers to make my e-mail more readable!) > > I'd recommend "w32", but seeing that your mailinglist is already named > > "win32", you could go for that. > > I reluctantly agree with Carsten here. I'd rather not have the "win" > appear at all, but there doesn't seem to be another name for the > family of 32-bit operating systems in the microsoft windows series. > (On the other hand, "cygnus" might be a more accurate description of > your platform.) > > By the way, it can't be "GNU/win". The GNU system is defined as a > free operating system, so it can't have a Windows kernel. see next e-mail a. -- A Mennucc "È un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone)