On Apr 14, 2000 at 02:40, Philip S Tellis wrote:
>On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Satya wrote:
>> IIRC it's now Dr. Linus Torvalds. That o either has a slash through it,
>> or two dots over it.
>So Torvalds is either slashed or dotted huh?
One or the other, I don't remember. So long as no one /.s him. OTOH, given
the subject of Tacoboy's site, that probably keeps happening.
>Then again, if you were going to advocate it, you may want to call it
>GNU/Linux - unless you were talking about the kernel only. If it is the
>entire OS, then GNU/Linux it should be.
Ah, Philip is of the RMS school. Why GNU/Linux? Is it because of the
rabbit-like proliferation of GNU utilities in standard distros?
>> >> on expensive hardware and software (Linux is absolutely FREE OS which
>> >> you can download from the internet with source codes) which other OSs
>> I'd suggest not stressing the "free" bit quite so much.
>
>Ya, it kind of gives the impression that you don't gotta pay for it. From
>the GNU manifesto:
That's why I suggested not stressing it, but someone (in true 'net
fashion) has misinterpreted me already.
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