Re: Which packages should I use?
On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 10:16:11AM +0200, Niklas Höglund wrote:
> >
> > I like talking about GNU when I talk about GNU operating
> > systems. This way, there is no need to differentiate. However, if you
> > are referring specifically to the GNU system on the Linux kernel, then
> > GNU/Linux is not that difficult to say. It is as easy to say as
> > Microsoft Word, and even one syllable shorter than Microsoft Windows.
>
> Noone says "Microsoft Windows" or "Microsoft Word", except in official texts
> and such. Windows and Word are the terms used -- one word terms.
GNU is shorter, anyway. when you're referring to a variant it's normal
to use a longer name. if someone made a variant of windoze they wouldn't
call it windoze but Bob's Windoze or something weird like that.
--
Robert Millan
"5 years from now everyone will be running
free GNU on their 200 MIPS, 64M SPARCstation-5"
Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 30 Jan 1992
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