On 07/12/2007, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pretty strained, but that is the general direction. You are obviously > confused about who and what you try to argue what point with. I am > certainly of the opinion that the name "GNU/Linux" is appropriate to > apply. But your contention that the POSIX standard somehow is supposed > to define what the term "operating system" means is rubbish. And > whether or not this rubbish is used for arguing for or against something > I support, does not change that it is rubbish.
I'm not confused at all. My simple point is that if there is a specification saying "here is the standard interface for a bunch of operating system software" then it's reasonable to say that the software described form an essential part of an operating system. You disagree with this? -- Noah Slater <http://bytesexual.org/> "Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results." - R. Stallman _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
