On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 02:30:23PM -0600, Mike Miller wrote: > I'm arguing with people like you who think it is foolish to refer to > GNU/Linux. Your examples above with Windows and Solaris show that you > aren't understanding the close relationship of Linux with GNU. Linux was > born of GNU. It exists because of GNU and it wouldn't have existed > without GNU. Windows and Solaris are nothing like that. As the one who initially opened this can of worms... I have no issue with people who choose to use the invisible "GNU" prefix. Hell, I use Debian GNU/Linux by preference at every opportunity. What I _do_ have an issue with are the people who follow Stallman's lead and insist that I must also use the "GNU" prefix. You wanna say "GNU/Linux"? Fine. Just don't get on my case when I don't. -- The freedoms that we enjoy presently are the most important victories of the White Hats over the past several millennia, and it is vitally important that we don't give them up now, only because we are frightened. - Eolake Stobblehouse (http://stobblehouse.com/text/battle.html)