Re: [ILUG-BOM] what comprises the GNU operating system

On 12/30/06, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:

irrelevant. You can use the gnu tools, as also tons of other FOSS stuff without a linux kernel. See my earlier mail. Everyone can decide which is more important based on their own logic.

Exactly, and on the same lines everyone can decide what they want to name their distribution. I understand that GNU doesn't force anyone, but seems like they would probably withdraw from everything that doesn't have the word GNU.

Absolutely. not just linux, neither would have the FSF or X.org or Apache, or KDE. All of them have been instrumental in everybody else's success.

Absolutely, and I guess we need to concentrate on that rather than bicker to each other about the name (myself included ;-) )

Regards,