16 Jul
2002
16 Jul
'02
6:32 p.m.
Keith Watson keith.watson@kewill.com wrote:
[...] GNU/Linux (note the GNU prefix to keep Richard Stallman happy - not that he'll probably ever read this) [...]
Oh please! The reason for mentioning GNU when talking about your normal system is that much of what makes this an operating system, including most of the original design, was done by the GNU project starting in 1984. Linux is a kernel used with it: a useful little program that talks to the hardware and controls the programs. RMS's happiness has little to do with it, at least for me.