Re: rms on debian

[Isaac To <kkto@csis.hku.hk>]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul E Condon <pecondon@peakpeak.com> writes:

    Paul> On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 10:12:13AM +0800, Isaac To wrote:
    >> ...  Different people have different opinions, and the fact that
    >> www.gnu.org decided not to have a link to Debian means that the crews
    >> in www.gnu.org
    Paul> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    >> agreed to RMS about not having Debian listed is a good idea, even
    >> though GNU is the one who started Debian.  And www.gnu.org does not
    >> represent RMS alone, but instead a group of followers who are pushing
    >> the ideals of GNU.
    >> 

    Paul> I just looked at www.gnu.org. Found lots of idealistic stuff that
    Paul> lots of people have never read. The only distribution that I found
    Paul> mentioned under "Links to Other Free Software Sites" was "Debian
    Paul> GNU/Linux".  Not Redhat, SuSe, Mandrake, etc, And not
    Paul> "GNU/LinEx". Maybe my search skills are not great. Someone else
    Paul> should repeat my work and report.

    Paul> If my result is correct, what are the implications?

    Paul> I like Debian. I like GNU. I like Linux. I like Free Software. But
    Paul> what is RMS really intending? Did he really say what is being
    Paul> attributed to him? Who is in charge at www.gnu.org?

Perhaps I really should not buy the interview so much as not to check
www.gnu.org before posting. =)

Regards,
Isaac.