From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Flaschen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: "MIT/GNU/Linux" (was: gnu vs. xemacs) Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:20:13 -0500 Message-ID: <4596BBED.1@gatech.edu> References: <53DBB117-63D5-45D2-8863-7B90BEDB0D54@gmail.com> <1167500955.758993.62000@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0873137536==" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167506452 18906 80.91.229.12 (30 Dec 2006 19:20:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:20:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 30 20:20:51 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H0jl4-000870-Rd for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:20:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0jl4-0005NA-0A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:20:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0jko-0005L4-2g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:20:26 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0jkm-0005KM-9x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:20:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0jkm-0005KJ-0Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:20:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [130.207.165.168] (helo=deliverator6.gatech.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.52) id 1H0jkl-0002Bd-M5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:20:23 -0500 Original-Received: from deliverator6.gatech.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 03E6D18C0 for ; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:20:23 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) Original-Received: from mailprx4.gatech.edu (mailprx4.prism.gatech.edu [130.207.171.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.mail.gatech.edu", Issuer "RSA Data Security, Inc." (verified OK)) by deliverator6.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E24CE183B for ; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:20:22 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) Original-Received: from [192.168.0.109] (c-71-224-192-74.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [71.224.192.74]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (sasl: method=PLAIN, username=mflaschen3@mailprx4.gatech.edu, sender=n/a) by mailprx4.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9961F83 for ; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:20:22 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061115) In-Reply-To: <1167500955.758993.62000@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.2 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:40039 Archived-At: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --===============0873137536== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigBA67FCF60A6D0389B9A230D8" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigBA67FCF60A6D0389B9A230D8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Robert Thorpe wrote: > Micha Feigin wrote: > This is a problem. The systems that are used today have been built > from software from many sources, large voluntary projects, private > individual hobbiests, and corporations. The largest things in a distro= > used to be, in terms of lines of code, Linux, GCC, X, Glibc and Emacs. > Now there are things like OO.org and Mozilla. There is no really good > name anymore. Yes, but the center of the system is still GNU and Linux. Moreover, the GNU Project is the impetus beyond the system's existence. > Perhaps these systems should be described as "Free/Open software > operating systems". That description is weak, to say the least. Half a dozen different operating systems (GNU/Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenSolaris, Darwin, etc.) could be described like that. GNU/Linux is much more descriptive. 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