did you mean by " longer and more cumbersome name" - GNU ( http://www.gnu.org/directory/GNU/ ) GNU ( http://www.gnu.org/directory/GNU/ ) . . . GNU ( http://www.gnu.org/directory/GNU/ ) / linux ;) kfir
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Linus Torvalds > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 11:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Congratulations on a wonderful user group! > > > Hi, I'm Linus Torvalds, I assume that most of you have heard my > name before. > > Because of my obvious interest in the success of Linux around the world, > I like to, once in a while, subscribe to mailing lists of various > Linux user > groups and eavesdrop on the discussion. That gives me a nice warm feeling, > about my work on Linux really making a difference to real people > out there. > > A few months ago I subscribed to this list (IGLU), and I would like to > congratulate you on being one of the most interesting and lively LUGs that > I have seen in a long time. I've seen here people taking real interest in > Linux, people trying to help one another and form a close and friendly > community, people developing free software, and even a few aspiring (and > inspiring!) open-source ideologists. It is really heart-warming for me to > see this tight community, and I hope that the Middle East could soon > become more like this list, a fountain of creativity and brotherhood, and > less of what it is today, a fountain of tears and blood. I am > looking forward > to visiting Israel someday (hopefully soon!) and meeting all you wonderful > folks in person. > > Last but not least, I would like to thank you all for supporting > my plea to > call our favorite system by a short catchy name, "Linux", instead > of longer > and more cumbersome names. I read that one of the proponents of > these long, > ugly, names visited Israel recently, and I was glad to see that he wasn't > able to convince you to lower the "Linux" flag. I believe that if we ever > want open-source software to succeed, we must all work together > and fly one > flag, and I think the Linux banner is the one that is most likely > to get the > attention of the media and of the people worldwide. > > Continue with the good work you're all doing, and God bless. > > Linus. > > ===== > Linus Torvalds, | "Software is like sex, it > Linux Head Honcho | is better when it's free!" > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! > http://platinum.yahoo.com > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
