On Wednesday 06 December 2006 19:34, Alfred M. Szmidt stood up and addressed the masses in /gnu.misc.discuss/ as follows...:
> > -------- > > Even Further > > > > Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2006-12-06 15:01. > > > > Stallman insists that all Linux distributions be called GNU/Linux. > > No, he insists that the *operating* *system* is called GNU/Linux, as it > comprises of the Linux kernel and the GNU userspace libraries and > toolset. That is what constitutes an operating system, and GNU's role > in the creation of this software - nor in the maintenance of the Linux > kernel, as the Linux developers *use* GNU tools for their development - > this should not be discarded. > > Nitpick, Linux uses and was developed on the GNU operating system, not > just a bunch of tools and libraries. Hmm... According to my information, the very first versions of Linux were developed on Minix, using a proprietary compiler. I believe it was Linus Torvalds himself who stated that. As for the tools that the Linux developers now use and that I was referring to, that was just a very narrow and focused pointer towards /gcc/ and things like /glibc/ or even /emacs./ ;-) Sometimes I express myself poorly, in the sense that I sometimes unwittingly expect people to follow my thoughts without that I paint the whole picture. I'm afraid this comes with my Asperger's. ;-) > Nice retort though! Thanks! ;-) -- With kind regards, *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
