>>>>> "Dileep" == dileep <MDK> writes:
Dileep> On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 10:43:10AM +0530, Raju Mathur
Dileep> wrote:
>>>> May we just have a separate thread on the Linux vs GNU/Linux
>>>> topic instead of raising it each and every time someone uses
>>>> the term Linux on the list? Please take it to LIG.
Dileep> No Raju, we have to educate the people why we should call
Dileep> the OS GNU/Linux. I think LIH is the right place since
Dileep> many people on LIH may not read LIG. I request all
Dileep> members to read http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html
That is a very narrow view: you are saying that some subset of people
prefer to call the OS GNU/Linux and are bent on enforcing the use of
that name in every context. No one has to educate anyone else on
anything. No one was handed a God-given right to educate the rest of
the world. Some people prefer to call the OS Linux and some to call
it GNU/Linux. I do not take exception to your calling the OS
GNU/Linux; please give me and the rest of the list members the
equivalent freedom to call it Linux and let the matter drop.
I could come out with dozens of arguments why the OS should NOT be
called GNU/Linux, but I don't think that's important here. What IS
important is the freedom of choice that each list member has to make
up his or her own mind.
If your objective in being on the list is promoting the name
GNU/Linux, I suggest you are in the wrong place. This is not the
gnu-india-help mailing list. Nor is it the fsf-india-help mailing
list or the gnu-linux-india-help mailing list. This is the
linux-india-help mailing list, and it's here to help people with using
Linux, irrespective of what they choose to call it.
Dileep> At least we don't receive mails like "I have installed
Dileep> Linux 8.0 on my box"
No one in the world with half a clue would claim that Linux 8.0
exists. On the other hand, many clueful people (me included) do claim
that an OS called Linux exists, and it does not need to be renamed at
the whim of a handful of people. If you don't agree, point it out to
me in private e-mail, which I will feel free to read or ignore.
Please don't clutter up the list with your terminology issues.
Regards,
-- Raju
--
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It is the mind that moves
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