On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 02:02:53PM +0000, Dave Crossland wrote: > When he says things that mean "The Linux OS started in 1991 because I > wrote a kernel for fun" he is misleading people about the difference > between an OS and a kernel which is confusing, taking credit for the > GNU OS which is unfair, and not helping to inform people about the > idea of software freedom.
Just to nitpick, Linus did create the Linux OS but it was pretty rubbish (or so I deduce) appart from the kernel. They then took the GNU OS (sans the kernel) and created GNU/Linux. He's still misleading, but at least he's not lying, the Linux OS does exist for those silly enought to look for it. ;) -- Noah Slater <http://bytesexual.org/> "Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results." - R. Stallman _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
