On Thursday 03 May 2001 6:30 pm, you wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've recently been in contact with Richard Stallman (_the_ rms) about some
> stuff and happen to mention SLUG. He, not surprisingly, "took offense" at
> the `L', saying that it should be GNU/Linux as Linux is "only" the kernel
> and the majority of the OS is either directly FSF software or else GPLed.
>
> I personally agree and use GNU/Linux when I'm writting it down (and when I
> can remember to :) But "GNU/Linux" takes more syllables than straight
> "Linux" so I never bother when speaking.
>
> So the question is: should we be call ourselves the "Scottish GNU/Linux
> Users Group" or the "Scottish Linux Users Group"?
>
> [ ] Scottish GNU/Linux Users Group
> [ ] Scottish Linux Users Group
> [ ] Don't care
>
>
Put me down as a Don't Care although rms's pedantic mumblings almost swung me
round to SLUG out of sheer bloody mindedness.
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