I believed there are people from different political camps. Free Software Movement and Open Source Movement. They don't agreed with each other. That's why GNU/Linux name is never standardised. Both are strong political camps. Like corporations, they are more of open source minded, that's why they don't call their distro GNU/Linux. For the real hackers/programmers if they can differentiate clearly, they will call GNU/Linux or Linux.
It's good to let noobs who are new to understand the concepts of GNU by using this name. They might stay loyal to GNU/Linux for long. If not everyone will treat Linux as an alternative open source system with zero-cost. And might jump ship sooner or later, if there's any better new software which are not free. Bringing the GNU Philosophy out and let people understand is a very hard thing. Normal users don't care so much and they just believe and talk about open source. Only those who really care about how software will believe in it. And calling GNU/Linux and Linux will no doubt confuse people. But if they go and research, they should know about it. I believe one should not use the name blindly. Understand before you use it. Regards John On 6/18/07, Lam YongXian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
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