> I would expect that most of the people who speak of "the Linux
> operating system" think of this as just a minor lack of precision.
>
> But aside from being unfair (which by itself would not be worth
> fussing about), it also tends to split the community and thus
> discourage communication and cooperation. When the people who use
> what is essentially the GNU system think of themselves as "Linux
> users", and not as "GNU users", often they don't see a reason
> cooperate with the people who maintain the GNU software. This leads
> to version-skew and unnecessary incompatibility.
Who has rattled your cage, Mr. Stallman ?
The above is another thinly disguised attack on H.J. Lu ?
I rue the day when H.J. gives up the mantle of maintaining the library side
of a Linux GNU based operating system. It is patently obvious that the pace
of Linux libc development is too fast for a centralised glibc, completely
aside from comments already made about the 'pride' certain
developers/maintainers take in their code and their unwillingless to accept
patches that do not conform to their own coding style, blah, blah, blah ...
> One way to help unify the community, and gently encourage more
> cooperation, is to use the term "Linux-based GNU system" to
> describe these systems more accurately.
>From the style/tone of your last few postings I would have said that your
intention was to alienate the Linux community.
For someone so keen to encourage communication/cooperation, you sure do have
a funny way of going about it.
Clive.
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