At last, some useful stuff. Good work Praseed uncle.. Dibu John Philip
Cell : +91 94 9633 7069 E-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]><http://twitter.com/dibujphilip> WWW: http://djnetworkz.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/dibujphilip On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Praseed Pai <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >I agree with you, Jos. Also by calling the Operating System "GNU", we are > giving the credit to the right >people, who worked on the GNU project for a > long period, instead of giving the credit to some one (Kernel >part) who > did comparatively very less. At-least, they will get equal mention by > calling it GNU/Linux, which >is also right. I believe that as the members > of a Free Software Group (ILUG-Cochin), we are responsible to >do so. Also > that distinguishes us from others. > > > I tried calling it GNU/Linux and finally dropped GNU as the followers of > GNU movement > are irritatingly assertive about the freedom stuff. > > The professor has not been able to solve his problem as most people who > contribute to this > thread are too much obsessed with nomenclature and licensing issues > > A solution to the problem is > > a. Create a VMWARE image or Sun Virtual Box image or XEN image with SPSS > on > Debian,Redhat,Ubuntu > > b. Run the image on Windows or Linux > > @Sony > Offer some money to people who can do this and your problem might be > solved > > > > regards > Praseed Pai > > P.S :- Reading "Kamasutra" for too long is counter productive. Now it is > time to act with > confidence ! > > > *From:* Aniyan Rajan <[email protected]> > *To:* "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL Software" < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 1, 2012 9:41 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [ILUG-Cochin.org] Practicallly reaching Linux to the world > > > Its my ignorance, but in laymans' term the 'Linux Operating System' is > > what > > the majority of the people know it by. So I believe its a good brand name > > to start with the marketing, rather than GNU. (which Malayalees > especially > > would find it hard to pronounce... on the lighter side :-) > > As I said before, You can use GNU/Linux also (if you are using Linux as > the Kernel). People are aware of it. But if you do it the other way, then > you are doing/spreading a wrong thing by knowing, right? > > > I agree with you, Jos. Also by calling the Operating System "GNU", we are > giving the credit to the right people, who worked on the GNU project for a > long period, instead of giving the credit to some one (Kernel part) who did > comparatively very less. At-least, they will get equal mention by calling > it GNU/Linux, which is also right. I believe that as the members of a Free > Software Group (ILUG-Cochin), we are responsible to do so. Also that > distinguishes us from others. > > - Ani > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] >
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