Comment Gnu/Linux an overstatement. (Score 0) 573
Isn't the GNU/Linux term really an overstatement?
We all know that Linux is "not Unix".
If we write out the "Gnu/Linux" term, we would get something like "Gnu not Unix/Linux (not Unix)". And since the "Gnu" term is recursive with regards to "not Unix", you can completely skip "Gnu" to remove the reqursiveness (which we wouldn't use in
in daily speech anyway).
You would then have "Not Unix/Linux (not Unix).
Common logic states that we can then remove the "not Unix" part on both sides, which would leave us with "Linux". Which really says it all.
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Linux Torvalds
We all know that Linux is "not Unix".
If we write out the "Gnu/Linux" term, we would get something like "Gnu not Unix/Linux (not Unix)". And since the "Gnu" term is recursive with regards to "not Unix", you can completely skip "Gnu" to remove the reqursiveness (which we wouldn't use in
in daily speech anyway).
You would then have "Not Unix/Linux (not Unix).
Common logic states that we can then remove the "not Unix" part on both sides, which would leave us with "Linux". Which really says it all.
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Linux Torvalds
