here is a paragraph from the microsoft 2004 annual report

[Leo Mauler]

--- Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at tarcanfel.org> wrote:

> On Tuesday 26 October 2004 12:42 pm, D. Joe wrote:
> 
> > ... they screw-up [by] calling Linux an 
> > "operating system" rather than a kernel.
> 
> Linux is more than an Operating System or a Kernel. 
> It's a philosophy and for 
> some people a lifestyle, maybe even a religion.
> 
> Seriously, when most people say "Linux" they mean
> the GNU Linux Suite with a FOSS GUI, desktop, and 
> a load of useful software - in short, they mean a 
> whole distro, not a kernel.

Its RMS who keeps the "Its a kernel not an OS!" thing
alive.




	
		
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