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Re:You broke the internet. We'll make ourselves a GNU one by newbish on Friday October 24, 2014 @04:55PM (#8505945)
20 years ago. Still waiting on HURD by the way and when was the last time anyone outside of the hard core techs referred to Linux as GNU\Linux
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Re:You broke the internet. We'll make ourselves a GNU one by belorn on Saturday October 25, 2014 @04:30AM (#8507596)
When was the last time anyone outside of the hard core techs referred to Android as Linux?

The name has been pushed towards distributions and products a long time ago.

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Re:You broke the internet. We'll make ourselves a GNU one by pessimizer on Friday October 24, 2014 @05:18PM (#8506052)
The point is that GNU has been wildly successful and has advanced technology on a species-wide basis. I'm not sure what more you think it owes you.
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Re:You broke the internet. We'll make ourselves a GNU one by _reality_check_ on Friday October 24, 2014 @05:32PM (#8506120)
Yes, but the point actually being made is that the name GNU (GNU's Not Unix) is esoteric && dated. Notwithstanding the org's prior accomplishments of course.
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