My apology then. I should have added 'help' in front of  'bring this
system and the community through this new threat arise since Microsoft
FUD extortion'.

For James' post I have addressed it earlier on, so I would do it
anymore. Its really not about whether we know it or not. It is about
the amount of misconception it can cause, basically in terms of social
psychology. Just like how corporations marketing
partial/hardly-open-source products under the 'Open Source' banner.

Anyway, I appreciate your understanding. Thanks.

Hi,

I understand the reasons behind your drive to get everyone call Linux
GNU/Linux. It's an argument made over and over again over the years and yet
remain a stalemate. This is the reason why most of the guys here actually
just stick to Linux for the reasons stated by James in the earlier post in
this thread. Choosing to call it Linux even if we understand the GNU
philosophy is a matter of choice and it's a personal freedom doing so. The
naming probably matter more to those who strongly believe in the GNU
philosophy than those who don't, and there are probably quite a lot of
people who uses GNU software who don't really believe in the whole GNU
idealogy.

As for my previous assumption, it's deduced from the post you made about
using the GNU name to "bring this system and the community through this new
threat arise since Microsoft FUD extortion". If I misunderstood your point,
I humbly apologise.

XP


--
Lam YongXian
Adolflam.com

FSF Member #5279

Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

_______________________________________________
Slugnet mailing list
[email protected]
http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet

Reply via email to