Re: Niche for the Hurd - summary 2 - niches sorted according to necessary work

[Arne Babenhauserheide]

Am Donnerstag 13 November 2008 23:33:28 schrieb Michael Banck:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 05:42:49PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> > I think to make it *the* GNU system we'd need it in a state where I can
> > just start any desktop on it and work with it just like in a GNU/Linux,
> > because else people would just shrug and say "This is GNU then, I think
> > I'll stick with GNU/Linux".
>
> That's not the definition of *the* GNU system.  *The* GNU system is the
> system made/distributed by the GNU project.

I just meant this as a marketing comment: GNU would risk losing a good deal of 
its foothold in the community, if it would say "this OS which can do far less 
than GNU/Linux is now the GNU system". 

But yes, Hurd can't say "we are the GNU system" - that's up to the whole GNU 
project to decide (thanks for cutting in before wrong ideas get a foothold). 

Best wishes, 
Arne
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