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Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?
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Olaf Buddenhagen |
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Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System? |
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Tue, 2 Dec 2014 00:13:09 +0100 |
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Hi,
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 03:21:18PM -0200, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro wrote:
> Em Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:44:23 +0000 Brandon Invergo <address@hidden> escreveu:
> > This goes back to my point that the problem with calling something
> > "The GNU System" is that it implies that there is a single, specific
> > set of software that defines the system.
>
> It would only imply that if we intended it to mean so.
But that's not how it works...
When you say "*this* is GNU", you always carry the implication that
"everything else is not GNU". You might say that this is not what you
mean -- but it is how people will read it.
-antrik-
- Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?,
Olaf Buddenhagen <=
Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?, Olaf Buddenhagen, 2014/12/01