that old GNU/Linux argument

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Jul 24, 2008, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> Marko Vojinovic:
>>> But tell me, what is in principle The Single Most Important element
>>> of the car? There is only one answer --- the engine.

> Alexandre Oliva:
>> So, what remains to be justified is why you decided Linux is the
>> engine rather than say one of the tires.

> You can't really expect anyone to give you any credibility if you want
> to argue that the kernel, the core of the system, is not the engine.

By the very same argument, the most "important" piece of software in a
computer running a GNU/Linux distro would be the BIOS.

I don't think this reasoning holds much water.

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