Re: alternative motd and logo?
On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 12:32, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * System Wizards (cube@linfe.it) [020801 10:35]:
> > Here is a possible alternative motd file and a debian/linux logo, to be
> > used by 'less religiuos' debian users.
> > My motd file avoids using GNU; i think that such attribution should not
> > be mandatory.
>
> Mandatory schmandatory. "Credit where credit is due" is enough of a
> reason to insist that it be called by it's true name: "Debian
> GNU/Linux". Debian is far more than just Linux. My hat's off to the GNU
> project, and if you think you owe them nothing (or that avoiding giving
> them credit is something desirable/admirable) you are deluding yourself
> (and probably only yourself).
<Sigh> How much do we of XFree? Mozilla.org and AOL? OpenOffice.org
and Sun? AbiWord? Ximian? TrollTech? KDE.org?
It goes without saying that we all use tons of GNU s/w and s/w developed
on GNU tools. However, if most Windows based tools and applications
were written in Borland C, instead of VC, should "the other OS" be
called Borland/Windows? No...
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