HAPPY BIRTHDAY OH GREATEST OS TO GRACE THE PLAINS OF COMPUTING!
:P On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Jean Azzopardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I was being a troll :P > Keith Vassallo wrote: > > Oh god, not this again. > > > > This is the anniversary of Linux - the announcement of the kernel > > project, and has nothing to do with GNU. GNU was announced on > > September 27th, 1983. So this is unrelated. > > > > Furthermore, note how Linus says he has ported bash and gcc from > > Minix, which in turn were ported from GNU. So shouldn't this be > > GNU/MINIX/Linux? > > > > So, with that reasoning, shouldn't I be using > > GNU/MINIX/Linux/SuSE/OpenSuse/11? > > > > I hardly think the over complication of names is going to help promote > > Linux in any way. Just see the recent article released by the > > government which talks about the GRIMP. > > > > Keith > > > > On 25 Aug 2008, at 10:06, Jean Azzopardi wrote: > > > >> One mistake : GNU/Linux. > >> Ramon Casha wrote: > >>> On the 25th August 1991 the following message appeared on the > >>> newsgroup /comp.os.minix/: > >>> > >>> /Hello everybody out there using minix- / > >>> > >>> /I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big > >>> and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has > >>> been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like > >>> any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix; as my OS > >>> resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-sytem > >>> due to practical reasons)among other things. / > >>> > >>> /I've currently ported bash (1.08) an gcc (1.40), and things seem to > >>> work. > >>> This implies that i'll get something practical within a few months, > >>> and I'd > >>> like to know what features most people want. Any suggestions are > >>> welcome, > >>> but I won't promise I'll implement them :-) / > >>> > >>> /Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / > >>> > >>> > >>> *Happy Birthday Linux!!!* > >>> > >>> > >>> Ramon Casha > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> MLUG-list mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> MLUG-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >
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