[NTLUG:Discuss] RMS's Speach

[Marcus Patman]

I agree with his reasoning to wanting to call it GNU/Linux. The GNU project
as he talked about was ongoing throughout the 1980's. GNU utilities and
programs are abundant throughout all the 'GNU/Linux' distros. The kernel
while is the main 'engine' of the OS it is just one piece of the pie while
the GNU software make up many therefore I can see how the GNU project feels
like it lacks certain credit after all the whole point was to bring about a
free OS available to all for 'free' and  the linux kernel allowed for the
final piece to be put in place just as the GNU programs and utilities
allowed for the linux kernel to become part of a whole pie that formed a
Unix like operating system that we all use and love.

There's many many other reasons and ideals I could talk about too but I
think the reason above by itself is justification enough for those involved
in the FSF to feel that way. As far as the picking of teeth goes it's his
speech he's one of the last of the MIT hackers so if he wants to pick his
nose that's fine with me.


-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
Of Lance Simmons
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 3:36 PM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] RMS's Speach


I think he's wrong to insist on calling it GNU/Linux. When I first
became interested in linux, it was primarily because I was frustrated
with Microsoft, and I'd read about this thing called linux. As I got
further into it, and saw how the software is actually developed (I'm
just an end user), I became interested in the philosophy behind it, and
now find myself more or less in agreement with rms on most things--but
I don't try to make a living writing software.

If linux had initially been presented to me as requiring a whole
political philosophy, I (think I) probably would have kept looking.
Calling it linux instead of GNU/Linux is like having "youth groups" at
church instead of "indoctrination meetings". People will go to the one
who wouldn't go to the other, but you often get the same end result:
someone who has the same kinds of beliefs as the people who run the
meetings.

I liked the talk, but I have to say I've never had to wait, at length
and repeatedly, for a speaker to pick at his teeth. That seemed a bit
too idiot savant-ish.

Lance Simmons

On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 02:36:20PM -0600, WILLIAM PEARSON wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm curious what others thought of RMS's speach last night. I thoroughly
> enjoyed it and can't wait for him to return to Dallas sometime.
>
> William Pearson
>
>
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