Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 14:57:26 +0200 From: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: anybody seen this? Message-ID: <4.1.20000429145039.00a19a30@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> In-Reply-To: <390A6DE7.25115F6C@asme.org> References: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0004272152060.5059-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>
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At 00:06 29.04.00 -0500, you wrote: >Steve Price wrote: >> >> In the May/June 2000 issue of Technology Review it reads and >> I quote: >> >> "Stallman is the founder of the GNU Project, the >> principal developer of the free software operating >> system GNU/Linux." >> >> *shrug* >> > >FUD, Everyone knows Linux was created by RH Labs to provide an >Opensource competitor against Bill Gates (the inventor of the Web). Of >course, Al Gore invented the Internet first. Hi! Well, have a look at: http://www.gnu.org There it reads that Stallman decided to dedicate his life to free software, and begun programming some new OS, beginning with a compiler. But he ran into several difficulties with the kernel, and finally, as he had some part of the userland ready, linux was "invented", and so he took the kernel from linux, thus making it the GNU operating system with the linux kernel, referred to as GNU/Linux. Well, ok- Linux really is the kernel, and depending on the userland that the vendors configure, it may be a GNU userland under the GPL, or it may be some commercial environment, maybe one designed to run the new business apps on the AS/400. In that case the OS (at least the most important part of it) is Linux, but with a whole different userland implementation. Its like comparing a Volkswagen with a Volvo. They use the same engines (at least the Diesel ones), but we all know what those brands stand for. Regards Olaf Hoyer -------- Olaf Hoyer www.nightfire.de mailto:Olaf.Hoyer@nightfire.de FreeBSD- Turning PC's into workstations ICQ:22838075 Liebe und Hass sind nicht blind, aber geblendet vom Feuer, dass sie selber mit sich tragen. (Nietzsche) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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