[ale] Time to stir the pot

[vernard at venger.net (Vernard Martin)]

On 01/04/2012 01:24 PM, Rich Faulkner wrote:
> If memory serves, Richard Stallman started the GNU Project out of his 
> days at MIT and UNIX.  He never (until recently?) had a kernel for his 
> work though.  GNU Project provided bits and pieces of the pie but 
> never the kernel.  This is where Linus and his tweaking of Minix fell 
> into place but well after RMS got his work going.  The relationship of 
> GNU/Linux is a marriage more than a following of coat tails that I'm 
> aware of...
>
<insert standard disclaimer confirming these are the rantings of an 
opinionated geek>

The problem with GNU/Linux is that it assumes that there is nothing else 
of real import in the system that isn't GNU or the Linux kernel. And 
that is more ludicrous than anything else.

There are PLENTY of non-GNU software present in the system and they 
aren't clamoring to get their names plastered onto the distro type.

I'm not saying that he doesn't have a point. But I'm saying that the way 
he chooses to make his point leads me (and some others) to classify him 
as a pedantic lunatic rather than someone seriously trying to enact change.

Notice that Stallman keeps harping on "GNU" and not "FOSS".

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