2008/7/20 Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Björn Persson wrote: >> >> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >>> >>> Björn Persson wrote: >>>> >>>> Fedora isn't Linux, it's a Linux distribution, but everyone calls all >>>> Linux distributions "Linux", so Fedora should be called "Linux" even >>>> though it isn't Linux? Is that what you're saying? Unfortunately that >>>> doesn't help much with defining what Linux *is*. >>>> >>>> Or do you mean that Fedora isn't *equal* to Linux, it's just *a* Linux, >>>> but everyone calls all Linuxes "Linux"? >>> >>> It is kind of like the difference between a car, a Ford, and a >>> Mustang. A car does not have to be a Ford to be a car. A Ford doea >>> not have to be a Mustang. But it is still correct to call a Mustang >>> a car. >> >> Should I take that to mean that your concept of "Linux" is the same as >> Thomas Cameron's, whatever his concept really is? >> >> Björn Persson >> > No - just that I think the argument is equivalent is like complaining about > someone calling a Mustang a car, instead of calling it a Ford Mustang. > Calling a distribution Linux is less specific then calling it by the > distribution name, but it is not less correct then calling a specific car by > the generic name car. > I think the point being made is that Linux refers to the engine not the car. Car refers to all the parts including the seats,engine,tachometer, etc... -- If opinions were really like assholes we'd each have just one -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
