Drape each box in one of our flags, and trademark the phrase "So powerful the source is a national secret." The PR alone should rake in enough cash for Microsoft to cover their end of the lawsuit.
The contribution of GNU and the Free Software Foundation to Linux is immeasurable. Linux wouldn't be what it is today if it wasn't for the generous work of Richard Stallman and the other hackers who toiled to bring so many of the bread-and-butter utilities to the public. I guess I'd go so far to say that Linux wouldn't -be- today. You have to admit that they got rather ripped off in the name recognition department as far as Linux goes, considering that 'all Linus did' is drop a kernel into a ready-to-go system.
But on the other hand, I think it's beating a dead horse to constantly request that people call Linux GNU/Linux. Linux has name recognition now, and many already identify it with the Free Software movement, so why confuse matters? GNU certainly can stand on its own two feet, and they're coming out with a proper GNU system of their own aren't they?
I think it really is time for RMS to move past this, because it's only holding him back from adding to GNU's identity. If people get hung up on things like this, won't they be distracted from what really matters: the message of the GPL?
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Drape each box in one of our flags, and trademark the phrase "So powerful the source is a national secret." The PR alone should rake in enough cash for Microsoft to cover their end of the lawsuit.
How would they know you removed it?
But on the other hand, I think it's beating a dead horse to constantly request that people call Linux GNU/Linux. Linux has name recognition now, and many already identify it with the Free Software movement, so why confuse matters? GNU certainly can stand on its own two feet, and they're coming out with a proper GNU system of their own aren't they?
I think it really is time for RMS to move past this, because it's only holding him back from adding to GNU's identity. If people get hung up on things like this, won't they be distracted from what really matters: the message of the GPL?