Circa 2001-Apr-30 14:06:00 -0400 dixit Stuart Anderson: : On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Alan Cox wrote: : : > Fundamentally its a specification about a set of behaviours. Not : > who wrote which bits of the existing implementation. Its arguable : > that the 'Linux' bit is in part inappropriate : : I'm open to suggestions for a word that starts with the letter 'L', : and means ubiquitous. So far, all I've come up with is : "Level-playing-field" 8-). "universal" is a better one to look for: http://www.thesaurus.com/cgi-bin/search?config=roget&words=universal We could use: Generality: universaL Standard Base generaL Standard Base coLlective Standard Base worLdwide Standard Base [o]ecumenicaL Standard Base trancendentaL Standard Base prevaLent Standard Base Intellect: inteLlectual Standard Base metaphysicaL Standard Base rationaL Standard Base hyperphysicaL Standard Base ideaL Standard Base Philanthropy: phiLanthropic Standard Base utiLitarian Standard Base cosmopoLitan Standard Base and my favorite: Large-hearted Standard Base Seriously, though: is the 'L' truly necessary? If it turns out to be a good idea to rename the standard, shouldn't we pick the right name rather than picking the wrong one because we can't be bothered to change a letter? How about these: Free Operating System Standard Base Freenix Standard Base Free Unixlike System Standard Base Real Operating System Standard Base Open (bleah!) Operating System Standard Base Application Friendly Standard Base Unified Standard Base etc. Let's use our imagination. -- jim knoble | jmknoble@jmknoble.cx | http://www.jmknoble.cx/ (GnuPG fingerprint: 31C4:8AAC:F24E:A70C:4000::BBF4:289F:EAA8:1381:1491)
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