On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Troy.A Johnson wrote: > On the other hand, the "GNU Linux" thing makes him look like a glory > hound. Bad PR. I think Linux owes much to many contributors like Andrew > Tridgell and Tatu Ylonen, but they would look only slightly more silly > suggesting calling Linux names like Samba Linux and SSH Linux. Their > contributions may not compare to GNUs, but it doesn't matter. The > suggester of the "name change" appears to be "tooting their own horn" > and "needy" for attention. Maybe, or he might just be trying to promote FSF, GPL, GNU, etc. > To me, Linux is a cool kernel and lots of great GNU (and other) > software. But people (myself included) like to refer to things by short > names. I (and at least a few others) don't feel the need to proclaim > GNUs greatness every time I mention Linux. I still know GNU is great > software. The fact that others do not is a GNU public relations problem, > not a problem Linux or Linus Torvalds has to solve. It is a public relations problem that would be lessened if you would call Linux "GNU/Linux" instead of simply "Linux." The only reason Linux did anything useful was because of GNU software. That might be different today, but not much different. I'm not going to argue about this because it isn't important to me, but I just want to say that I think it isn't foolish to tack a 'GNU' on the front of Linux. Mike