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Re: draft release announcement



On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 10:54:24PM +0200, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
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> > While there is an argument for the above (but many GNU/Linux systems
> > have neither X nor Apache installed), Debian has fairly consistently
> > used GNU/Linux where appropriate. (I.e. other distributions and projects
> > can name themselves as they will.)
> So, comparing with other 'Linux distributions' is a correct:
> RedHat, SuSE and others don't call themselves 'GNU/Linux'. 

But they are distributing GNU/Linux. By that argument, comparing us with
other Linux distributions is incorrect, as we don't call ourselves
"Linux".

-- 
David Starner - starner@okstate.edu
"It's not a habit; it's cool; I feel alive. 
If you don't have it you're on the other side." 
- K's Choice (probably referring to the Internet)


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