[aclug-L] Re: There are still some monkeys in the CEO chair

[jeffrey l koehn <caveman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 26 April 2003 11:37 pm, you wrote:
> There are a few problems with these statements.
>
> > There Is nothing accurate it what he is saying.
> > 1. Linux is not a clone.
>
> Linux is a clone.  This is an undisputable fact.
>
> > 2. Linux is the Kernel.
>
> You contradict this in your statement #5 below.
>
> Linux may technically be "the kernel" but the popular and
> accepted definition of Linux includes essential bundled
> applications (such as a shell).

Linux is just the Kernel and it is GPL.
I am sure that in the days, years to come
that RedHat Linux and other popular distros
will drop the Linux and just call the OS RedHat, etc.
and on the Product box it will say *with the Linux
Kernel*.
That is what makes Linux so powerful because anybody
and any company can make apps and interfaces for
it and it does not have to be GPL because you can use
the LGPL to hook into the kernel libs.
The success of Linux is because it is GPL'd
and that it is not a clone.
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