Re: that old GNU/Linux argument

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Subject: Re: that old GNU/Linux argument
From: Gordon Messmer <yinyang@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:28:26 -0700
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Les Mikesell wrote:

I didn't mean the word GNU. Reflexive acronyms are easy but useless.What was the working system before Linux?


It was GNU.  GNU, as a system, pre-dates Linux.

GNU was not built on top of Linux.  Linux was eventually able to run GNU.

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