They call it "Linux"

Post #75,013 by deSitter 1/16/03 10:57:16 PM 1/16/03 10:57:39 PM Reply	They call it "Linux" Einstein called his theory "Allgemeine Relativitaet" (sorry I have no patience to search for umlauts). This has ever since been known in English as "general relativity". It is NOT called "Poincare/Gauss/Poncelet relativism" but "general relativity", just as the creator wished. He did not publish a license in his paper. -drl Edited by deSitter Jan. 16, 2003, 10:57:39 PM EST They call it "Linux" Einstein called his theory "Allegemeine Relativitaet" (sorry I have no patience to search for umlauts). This has ever since been known in English as "general relativity". It is NOT called "Poincare/Gauss/Poncelet relativism" but "general relativity", just as the creator wished. He did not publish a license in his paper. -drl Collapse All History
Post #75,049 by CRConrad 1/17/03 2:35:38 AM Reply	WTF does the body of that post have to do with anything??? Like, how does it support the thesis in the "Subject:" line?!? It sure as Hell doesn't illustrate how the name "Red Hat" is NOT mentioned on the Red Hat Linux box! [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown]
Post #75,120 by deSitter 1/17/03 11:49:17 AM Reply	I believe with great passion ..that the wishes of creators be respected in all forms of expression. So, for example, I hate piano scores with fingerings and spurious expression marks - the composer didn't notate them, so don't add them. Now, if you want to play it differently, that's your business. But the actual document should reflect the wishes of the composer. LT calls it Linux, and that's what it is. It's not not not !^3 GNU/Linux. If you want to call it "GNU System with Linux kernel", fine. -drl
Post #75,129 by CRConrad 1/17/03 12:03:52 PM Reply	What is the "it" he calls Linux?!? Rossiter just won't won't won't!^3 get it: LT calls it Linux, and that's what it is. WHAT exactly is the "it" Linus calls "Linux"? The KERNEL, right? It's not not not !^3 GNU/Linux. What isn't? Oh, the KERNEL isn't...? Yeah, sure... But then, who the fuck ever SAID it was??? If you want to call it "GNU System with Linux kernel", fine. Yup, fine, thank you... And that would be the whole system, then, this "GNU System with Linux kernel", which is a bit more than just a kernel. But, hey -- isn't that a bit of a mouthful, "GNU System with Linux kernel"? Don't you think there should be some shorter and easier way to say the same thing...? Yes, of course there should. And THAT, you fricking NUMBSKULL, is EXACTLY WHAT "GNU/Linux" _M_E_A_N_S_!!! [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown]
Post #75,132 by deSitter 1/17/03 12:09:35 PM Reply	Re: What is the "it" he calls Linux?!? Not true - language is important. For one thing, if it was really "GNU system" there wouldn't be much left in the way of a useful system. So now we are at "GNU System with Linux kernel, Apache webserver, XFree X Window System, KDE Desktop Environment, Lynx text browser, ...." So GNU/Linux is an attempt to make the anhistorical and flat wrong claim that somehow GNU is foremost and the kernel an afterthought, a replaceable part. -drl
Post #75,389 by CRConrad 1/18/03 1:12:52 PM Reply	A: Rick's post a few days ago. B: Debian GNU/Hurd. Now STFU!

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