From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 22:22:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 22:22:24 -0500 Received: from 205-158-62-139.outblaze.com ([205.158.62.139]:40832 "HELO spf1.us.outblaze.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 22:22:24 -0500 Message-ID: <20030111033104.26980.qmail@email.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.41 (Entity 5.404) From: "Clayton Weaver" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 22:31:04 -0500 Subject: Re: What's in a name? X-Originating-Ip: 172.137.199.105 X-Originating-Server: ws3-6.us4.outblaze.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The whole thing has depended on gcc from day one, so I see no valid objection to prominently give GNU credit for providing a decent compiler and thus saving Linus the work of inventing that before he started on his kernel. But most users simply don't care what it is called, they only care whether it works. I would guess that the name that gets used the most informally is "Linux", simply because that is shorter to type in email or Usenet messages than any of the alternatives presented in this discussion. "Linux" is thus the de facto standard name of the system, regardless of who invented what parts of it and who distributes it. (It's kind of like a beer label. It could be any brand in the world, but it's still just "beer" if you're in a hurry.) Regards, Clayton Weaver -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Meet Singles http://corp.mail.com/lavalife