that old GNU/Linux argument

[Mark Haney]

Antonio Olivares wrote:

> 
> Like I have said before, it should not matter but there are many people that do take offense, if you say Linux only, they want to exert their muscle and say GNU/Linux is the appropriate name.  There are no correct answers here :)
> 

It's really sad, you know?  A.  The fact that we've argued this ad 
nauseam for what a week now?  And B. That people really get their 
panties in a wad over adding THREE letters to a NAME.  It's a NAME 
people.  If I want to build my own distro and call it 'CRAP' there will 
be some moron who comes by and says 'That's offensive, it should be 
GNU/CRAP instead.'

Why?

Seriously?  Because Stallman, et al. say so?  Because I'm not giving 
enough credit to the GNU Project?  Does anyone in here remember 'sticks 
and stones'?  The rhyme still stands.  It's just a name.  You hardcore 
whiners get a grip.

Besides, GNU isn't a proper acronym anyway.  You can't use the acronym 
as the first word in the name the acronym describes.  Isn't that some 
sort of English infinite loop?

(really, will someone kill this thread?)



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