> -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Mike Miller > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 2:02 AM > To: TCLUG List > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] TC*G*LUG > > > On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Chuck Cole wrote: > > > The KISS version of the name works for most folks... > > and was what was chosen first, > > and was chosen by folks who knew of Stallman (etc) when they chose. > > Well the first name used for the system was GNU, wasn't it? Then Linus > wrote a kernel and named it Linux, after himself, and said that it was > "nothing" without GNU. So why don't we call the system that includes the > Linus' kernel GNU, which was its original name? > > The fact that many people call it Linux doesn't imply that we shouldn't > call it GNU/Linux. The name serves a useful purpose by promoting an > ideal. > > Mike KISS.. otherwise we must give credit to von Neumann, and Amazing Grace (et al) whose contributions made GNU possible and are essential today for any instance or artifact of GNU or Linux that runs. Whenever we give a name, we shorten the full etymology and genealogy for various reasons that are best approximated as KISS. Clarify in a website in a history paragraph so it's duly noted, but don't expect everyone to change speech or writing in everyday usage. Life and language are full of examples of KISS terminology or nicknames, etc. How about Neumann-GNU-Linux... to remember and give credit to the top ten or twenty whose works are about equally essential ? Chuck