Re: GNU/Linux Naming

[rjack]

Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>    Hmm, so does this mean that the reason why GNU deserves credit
>    in the _name_ and not somewhere else is because GNU's contribution
>    is so significant -- they pretty much built most of the rest of the
>    system?
>
> The GNU project deserves credit not only because the GNU project wrote
> the GNU operating system, but also because they named it.  One does
> not go about calling BSD for System V, despite them being very
> similar.

It's the "Linux" operating system because the vast majority of people 
call it "Linux" and not "GNU/Linux".

"GNU/Linux" is trying to piss up a wall and "Linux" is like gravity.

Who's gonna' win?