Good point! If you argue that what I said proves the ill-advisedness of trying assign cultural ownership to core Linux-enabling technologies then I agree!
Bottom line: the notion that Linux is an "American" OS is no worse than the notion that it is a "European" OS. It's a GLOBAL OS, and last time I checked the USA is still part of the world:;
I was using DaVinci And Leonardo as supposedly humorous examples of taking credit for things that don't belong to you. Everyone knows that DaVinci is italian, yet the Mona Lisa hangs in the Louvre! OK, maybe it wasn't funny but it certainly was not meant literally! Other than the gent who pointed out that Bjorn was not a native of the USA (which is common knowledge) nobody has yet factually disputed my assertion that MUCH (not all, not most) of Linux was BJORN IN THE USA (humor again), as was Bruce Springsteen, although John Kay of Steppenwolf is Canadian (more humor) etc & so forth.
Quite true! I think it is helpful for both sides of the USA/Europe quarrel to realize that everything the USA was developed either in emulation of or in response to some aspect of the European cultural tradition. Due to the complexity of the relationship, simplistic analysis of these issues is likely to yield incorrect conclusions. Let the yahoos on both sides not reign supreme!
Well, you've planted a flag for europe here, and thats always an excellent thing to do when striving for excellence, but it's sort of like France taking credit for Van Gogh and DaVinci. I'm sure an impartial allocation of which culture/country has contributed more to Linux would be imppssoubly difficult, but consider this: GNU: USA BSD: USA Many Hardware Device Drivers: USA MINIX: USA C: USA C++: USA Java: USA
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Good point! If you argue that what I said proves the ill-advisedness of trying assign cultural ownership to core Linux-enabling technologies then I agree! Bottom line: the notion that Linux is an "American" OS is no worse than the notion that it is a "European" OS. It's a GLOBAL OS, and last time I checked the USA is still part of the world :;
I was using DaVinci And Leonardo as supposedly humorous examples of taking credit for things that don't belong to you. Everyone knows that DaVinci is italian, yet the Mona Lisa hangs in the Louvre! OK, maybe it wasn't funny but it certainly was not meant literally! Other than the gent who pointed out that Bjorn was not a native of the USA (which is common knowledge) nobody has yet factually disputed my assertion that MUCH (not all, not most) of Linux was BJORN IN THE USA (humor again), as was Bruce Springsteen, although John Kay of Steppenwolf is Canadian (more humor) etc & so forth.
I believe he is a US citizen, but I could be wrong! In any event, C++ was certainly done under the aegis of ATT/Bell Labs.
HELLO! That they are not French IS THE POINT!!! Haven't had your petit dejeuner yet I guess. (Americans are capable of irony and sarcasm too you know)
Quite true! I think it is helpful for both sides of the USA/Europe quarrel to realize that everything the USA was developed either in emulation of or in response to some aspect of the European cultural tradition. Due to the complexity of the relationship, simplistic analysis of these issues is likely to yield incorrect conclusions. Let the yahoos on both sides not reign supreme!
Well, you've planted a flag for europe here, and thats always an excellent thing to do when striving for excellence, but it's sort of like France taking credit for Van Gogh and DaVinci. I'm sure an impartial allocation of which culture/country has contributed more to Linux would be imppssoubly difficult, but consider this:
GNU: USA
BSD: USA
Many Hardware Device Drivers: USA
MINIX: USA
C: USA
C++: USA
Java: USA
I could go on....