Quoting Rob Bayerl <verigoth at gmail.com>: > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 2:01 AM, Mike Miller > <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote: >> 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. > > I disagree. You can lobby for the name change all you want, but I do > not think the de facto name will ever be GNU/Linux. It's like when > saying "Merry Christmas" was supposed to be replaced with "Happy > Holidays" to acknowledge non-Christian holidays as well. Some people > changed, but most still say "Merry Christmas". For whatever reason, > the Linux kernel and the GNU toolset is collectively referred to as > simply Linux. It is far too late in the game to expect everybody to > change (but give it a shot if you like). > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > Sort of like, why vote for change? We must defeat the "communist", "communism", "community", "grass roots", "ideal" at any cost! ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.