Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Mar 1996 03:12:54 -0500 (EST) | From | Speed Racer <> | Subject | Re: Linux isn't an operating system |
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On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, Richard Stallman wrote:
> I probably won't convince all the "Linux users" to use the term > "Linux-based GNU system". But I will convince some, and they by using > this term will contribute to unifying the community. Even a little > more unity is worth the effort of writing these messages.
I know I just complained about getting mired in a syntax discrepancy over "kernel" vs. "operating system", but this doesn't make sense. How can unity be measured? Can my group be more unified than your group? You can't make people "more unified"; you will simply shift the balance in between the two groups (in which direction, I am unsure).
> (I'm trying new approaches for correcting the media distortion of > "hacker", too. I don't give up on a worthy cause!)
I'll back you on this one. People ask me sometimes what I'm doing on my computer. I'll reply with "Just hacking around." They never fail to think I'm doing something illegal. As a matter of fact, someone actually asked me "Can you get caught doing that?" right after I said "just hacking around." I'm still looking for a good answer to that question.
shag
Judd Bourgeois shagboy@bluesky.net Finger for PGP public key There's a lost man with a bitter soul For only a moment did life make him whole And while he was, he thought he was invincible... Matthew Sweet, "Smog Moon"
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