> Correct, I should have probably mentioned more that I was GPL rather > than other "open source". But I think you'll find that most of the > original (of course things have moved on since the early 90's) > /operating system/ tools were from the GNU project. Unless, of course, > apache, Perl and open office are now part of the (GNU) Linux operating > system...?
I agree that apache, perl + OO are apps, not OS, but that's purely a boring argument. Look at MS and then have fun figuring out the difference. I doubt that a newbie cares, if I was one I wanted something which works, and what is a kernel anyway? The main point is the license, and that is approx the same for kernel + utilities + apps. Just call the whole lot Linux, everything else is too complicated to explain. There's no point in risking to perpetuate the myth that Linux is complicated. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
