On Thursday 04 Sep 2008, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > On Wed, 03 Sep 2008, Arun Khan wrote: > > > From: John Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > The GNU operating system is turning 25 this year, and the Free > > > > What kernel and GNU tool combo i.e. GNU Operating System does this > > refer to? > > It refers to the date that RMS decided that there should be an > alternative to Unix which was used, written and distributed freely.
I am trying to reconcile the announcement's title "GNU Operating System" turning 25 i.e. celebrating it's 25th birthday. To me, this implies that the GNU tools (the Unix equivalents required for sys admin at a min.) and the HURD kernel (GNU OS) were available the day GNU was announced/formed. To the best of my knowledge the above combo is still not ready for public consumption [uber geeks may disagree :)]. IMO, it should have been captioned GNU's 25th anniversary. > I imagine that the precise definition of the Four Freedoms came > later. There is a "history of GNU" article somewhere on www.gnu.org > which you can look for. I am aware of GNU/FSF history. -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
