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:Free Software Magazine: 'GNU', 'Linux', or Neither...?
Free Software Magazine: 'GNU', 'Linux', or Neither...?
Mar 31, 2007, 08 :00 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (8760 reads)

(Other stories by Terry Hancock)

"I'm sure everyone reading this has heard the debate over whether that top dog free operating system should be called 'Linux' or 'GNU/Linux,' but how big a contribution is GNU or Linux to that operating system? As conventional wisdom has it, it's the availability of applications that make a system valuable, and this is where free software really shines. Linux contributes only about 6% to the cost value of a full operating system, but then again, GNU contributes only about 15%--who do we have to thank for the remaining 79%?! And why don’t we hear them complaining about what it's called?

"This isn't really about 'GNU/Linux,' it's really about asking 'Where does free software come from...?'"

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Why doesn't KDE and GNOME demand tha ...   Said this repeatedly for months now   
Richard Steven Hack
Mar 31, 2007, 23:33:49
 
Just more attempts at FUD, muddying the  ...   Just another front on the astroturf offensive.   
Bob_Robertson
Apr 1, 2007, 19:55:26
 
> Just more attempts at FUD, muddying th ...   FUD?   
David May
Apr 2, 2007, 14:33:06
 
> > Just more attempts at FUD, muddying  ...   Re: FUD?   
DDahl
Apr 2, 2007, 21:45:40
 
You missed my point, DDahl.  Let me phra ...   Re: Re: FUD?   
David May
Apr 4, 2007, 13:53:02
 
> You missed my point, DDahl.  Let me ph ...   Re: Re: Re: FUD?   
DDahl
Apr 4, 2007, 22:27:18
 
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