On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 23:25 -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > If you take *GNU* libc, rebuild it to target a different kernel while > exporting the same ABI, and voila, you can drop Linux entirely from > what you call a Linux Operating System, and pretty much all > applications will still work just the same. Because they're not > applications for Linux. They're applications for GNU libc. They > couldn't care less that they're running on top of the kernel Linux. > For them, the kernel is irrelevant. This sounds like you're making the argument that all beer should be called Water/Beer because water isn't specific to beer and can be used with/in any other beverage. Water couldn't care less that it's mixing with hops or wheat. For water, the other ingredients are irrelevant. You seem to be making a good case that the GNU parts are ubiquitous and therefor there's no reason to explicitly state their inclusion. > Next frequently raised fallacious objections? Well, this has been fun. My need for mindless ranting... Uh, I mean "debate" as been filled. Back to what's loosely known as productivity. -- The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
