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    SubjectRe: Linux isn't an operating system
    davem@caip.rutgers.edu (David S. Miller)  wrote on 06.03.96 in <199603070318.WAA27697@huahaga.rutgers.edu>:

    > From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
    > Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 11:35:31 +0000 (GMT)
    >
    > > There are a number of whole operating systems using the Linux kernel,
    > > Most of them are more or less close variants of the GNU system, so I
    > > recommend the term "Linux-based GNU system" for them.
    >
    > May I recommend the more accurate by line count
    >
    > "Linux Based MIT X Windows/Gnu/BSD/MIT system."
    >
    > I think we are all missing Richard's point. The GNU system when
    > finalized will use the MIT X Window system for a graphical interface.
    > The GNU system will use some BSD programs if GNU equivalents are not
    > available yet and it is convenient to use the BSD ones.
    >
    > This is why Linux is a GNU system because sans operating system kernel
    > Linux is close to if not exactly like what the final GNU system will
    > be like.

    This is simply faulty logic. You could use the same logic to call the
    future GNU system a Linux system. Or maybe you could call both BSD
    systems. Or whatever.

    This is one of the stupidest flame wars I've seen in a long time.

    MfG Kai


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