On Fri, 2002-03-08 at 21:32, Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote:
On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 10:16:46PM +0100, Jeroen Dekkers wrote:
Can you name an example? I've never heard someone calling the "GNU/Linux" system "GNU".
I don't think that saying Linux is badly done and technically a disaster, and ignoring everything it has done for the Free Software community, is giving credit to Linux.
However, you have to concede that the GNU system started YEARS before the Linux kernel.
I would not consider calling the system "Linux" ignoring everything the GNU system has done for the community if I thought Linus (and some distributors) was lacking intelligence.
As I think most of us would agree, Linus is a pretty bright guy, so he must be calling the system "Linux" instead of GNU/Linux intentionally.
Now, if it is to increase personal promotion or if because of a pet-pissoff, I don't give a damn.
I used to call the system "Linux", until I read why it should be called GNU/Linux. I thought it made sense and was only fair to share credit.
Hugs, rui