>Philip Tellis <philip.tellis(a)gmx.net> writes:
> > GNU is enough. Adding linux to the end of it only serves to give credit to
> > Linus Torvalds
><...>
> > The FSF set out to write an operating system called GNU. They
>did that, and
> > that's why we call the operating system GNU. Why add anything to it?
>
>All GNU/Linux distributions are simply variants of a `GNU/Linux` OS
>which is not _the_ GNU system. The GNU system is still under
>development. It'll have the Hurd as its kernel.
My own 90 paise (overvalued):
As long as the popular system is a synergy between GNU and Linux, one
way (that I suggested a long time back in this group) out of the
slash dilemma is to merge the two terms and call it Gnull (pronounced
g'null, to differentiate it from null, the essential nothingness, a
breathtaking acknowledgment of its holism).
And since the Hurd is apparently popular with people who are
currently fiercely technically minded, the combination should be
called Gnurd (pronounced nerd, about which no comment is necessary).
As to GNU being still under development, I think its fantastic beauty
is that the development will never stop.
--
Vickram