here is a paragraph from the microsoft 2004 annual report
Leo Mauler
webgiant at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 29 10:35:43 CDT 2004
--- Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at tarcanfel.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 October 2004 12:42 pm, D. Joe wrote:
>
> > ... they screw-up [by] calling Linux an
> > "operating system" rather than a kernel.
>
> Linux is more than an Operating System or a Kernel.
> It's a philosophy and for
> some people a lifestyle, maybe even a religion.
>
> Seriously, when most people say "Linux" they mean
> the GNU Linux Suite with a FOSS GUI, desktop, and
> a load of useful software - in short, they mean a
> whole distro, not a kernel.
Its RMS who keeps the "Its a kernel not an OS!" thing
alive.
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