Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Mar 1996 10:15:56 GMT | From | Ralph Loader <> | Subject | Re: Linux isn't an operating system |
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>> But aside from being unfair (which by itself would not be worth >> fussing about), it also tends to split the community and thus >> discourage communication and cooperation. When the people who use >> what is essentially the GNU system think of themselves as "Linux >> users", and not as "GNU users", often they don't see a reason >> cooperate with the people who maintain the GNU software. This leads >> to version-skew and unnecessary incompatibility.
> > [various people flaming RMS] >
Do we really need this flame-war? As far as I can see, RMS was asking for a certain recognition of the amount of GNU stuff on systems running a Linux kernel. Personally, I think that's a small price to pay for GCC, emacs, GNU make, bash, groff etc. etc.
Some people might find that too big a price to pay, and think that RMS is being pedantic, patronising or a prick. That doesn't make comments along the lines of ``RMS is a ...'' at all helpful. Maybe he needs to get a life. Big deal. Sometimes I suspect that a lot of people on this list need to get a life.
Ralph, happy owner of a Linux/GNU system, whatever you want to call it.
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