Accusations, accusations, always accusations
Chip Salzenberg
chip at valinux.com
Sun Oct 24 20:34:48 UTC 1999
According to Richard Stallman:
> GNU is the name of an operating system. (This is what the GNU
> Project set out to develop.) Something is part of GNU if it is part
> of that system.
Yes, the GNU Project set out to develop an operating system.
It has, so far, failed to do so. (Though the HURD is finally coming
together, from what I hear. Congratulations.)
Meanwhile, other people took bits of things from here and there and,
in combination with the Linux kernel, succeeded in developing an
operating system. They call it "Linux" -- more specifically, "Red Hat
Linux", "Slackware Linux", etc.
Their products, their names. Deal.
--
Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip at valinux.com>
"I am the Lemon Zester of Destruction!" //MST3K
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