On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 02:05:55PM -0400, Simon Law wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 10:33:32AM -0700, Jason Dagit wrote: > > My long running theory about this is that people crave a shorter > > colloquial(sp?) term for talking about both linux and hurd. If I were > > talking about them in the official sense I would try to use GNU/Hurd, or > > GNU/Linux, but in conversations it seems awkward. And how many non-GNU > > versions of linux and hurd are there? Sometimes it seems redundant to > > qualify linux and hurd with GNU.... > > I like talking about GNU when I talk about GNU operating > systems. This way, there is no need to differentiate. However, if you > are referring specifically to the GNU system on the Linux kernel, then > GNU/Linux is not that difficult to say. It is as easy to say as > Microsoft Word, and even one syllable shorter than Microsoft Windows.
Noone says "Microsoft Windows" or "Microsoft Word", except in official texts and such. Windows and Word are the terms used -- one word terms. -- Niklas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]