(GNU/)Linux [Re: Dutch to sue Micro$oft...]
John (EBo) David
plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Tue, 21 Aug 2001 18:34:28 -0700
Digital Wokan wrote:
>
> Someone made a reply that looked like an English teacher correcting
> grammer. This hasn't really been a flame war though. More like an
> examination of the evolution of [GNU] Linux and a rehash of the
> arguments why people do / do not use the GNU prefix. (Though I may have
> put my tongue too far into my cheek with the GNU/BSD/Artistic/... Linux
> message.) A flame war usually devolves into people calling each other
> names. What we've had here is a refreshingly civil discussion of the
> topic.
quite right! No, this discussion never resulted in any name calling
(the voice off stage shouting something about hamsters and elderberries
not withstanding ;-)
Actually the discussion was quite civil. I was however hoping to get
more comments on national governments sueing M$ though...
EBo --