On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Joe Klemmer <klemmerj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 07:40 -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > >> Personally, I think the demand by Stallman, and others to call Linux >> 'GNU/Linux' is just stupid and childish. As if changing the name will >> change the nature of the system. While I am an advocate of free and >> open source software, and agree with some of his ideas, Stallman needs >> a bloody valium. To me he's a lot like Jack Thompson, foams at the >> mouth over the silliest things. > > While I personally think RMS is, well, let's say over zealous and leave > it at that... He is what I'd call a necessary evil. He swings the > pendulum so far the one direction that it keeps the whole thing449-442-806 > balanced. Irritating as he and his fellows may be, they do serve a > needed purpose. I think it is more honest to make reference to GNU/Linux or Linux/GNU. Without both parts we would not have a working system to have this discussion on. Linux systems would not exist without GNU tools, compiler and libs. GNU+Linux+hardware = system We _should_ pay attention to the shoulders of those that got us here! -- NiftyFedora T o m M i t c h e l l -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list