On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 09:21 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote: <snip> > > Speaking as Stormy and not as ED, I think this is a losing battle. I > agree we need to continue to educate people but I don't think > GNU/Linux is going to be the way it happens. Millions of people now > say Linux and GNU/Linux is harder to say, uglier sounding (hard G's > are not easy), implies that we feel left out, etc. I really don't > think it's going to be something that catches on no matter how many of > us push it.
I'll add that people writing KDE or GNOME don't push for a GNOME/GNU/Linux, or even GNOME/X.org/GNU/Linux. Just mentioning GNU/Linux is disingenious. > > Names often do not include all the components. I drive a Pontiac car > that includes many other parts. We drink "coke" that includes many > other brands. I use "kleenex" that is often not kleenex at all. > > > We need to work on other campaigns to spread the word about the value > of free software. _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
