Marko Vojinovic wrote:
Please forgive me for jumping into the thread, I've been reading it only for
the last couple of days, although I can see that the discussion is going on
for some time now.
Yes. Yes it has. :)
Reading the (last few days of the) thread, I saw many aspects and different
opinions on the subject of the name Linux vs GNU/Linux being raised. But all
that aside, as a half-ignorant naive and young user of Linux (I've been in
Linuxland starting with RH6.2 and onwards), I came to have an opinion on the
subject that is completely independent of history of development of both GNU
and Linux.
I'm not trying to be rude, but did you just say that you have an
entirely uninformed opinion that you'd like to contribute?
When did being informed and educated go out of style?
Long version. Let me describe a simplified analogy.
Because the only thing better than an uninformed opinion is one argued
by analogy!
But tell me, what is in principle
The Single Most Important element of the car? There is only one answer --- the
engine. That is why the Fedora factory included the name Linux in the full
name of the model.
Here's what I want you to do: Go out to your nearest Harley Davidson
dealer and take a good look at the new Rocker C. It's beautiful. Then
turn around and look at the Buell bikes across the isle. The engine is
largely the same, but people don't refer to Buell bikes as Harleys.
Automotive industry is not the sole example for the analogy. This is general
in lots of aspects of human society --- the analogy can be pushed all the way
to religions: Christianity is a religion named after its founder, Jesus
Christ.
And who began the Free Software movement?
GNU started *years* before Linus began work on his kernel. When Linux
was announced, GNU as a "big and professional" project.
BTW: I am not comparing *anyone* to Jesus. That's uncalled for.
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