[GNUz] How does GLU/GNUz differ from CLUG?

[Jim Cheetham]

Good one Rik. Alienation will help.

On 20/03/07, Rik Tindall <ask@infohelp.co.nz> wrote:
> Don't forget, "Linux" = treachery.

In that case, forget about GNU/Linux, and just promote GNU. Because if
you persist in attacking people and groups with your tarbrush of
hostile words like that, the "Linux" people will surely be driven
away.

Why not put your energies into demonstrating that it's possible to
make a useful system using only GNU project software (that means
excluding anything with compatible licenses - that means excluding GPL
licensed software that is not part of the GNU project. Guess what?
That means no X server).

http://directory.fsf.org/GNU/

It seems to me that the goal of GNU, to make a replacement for Unix,
has basically ceased. They have a meritocratic monopoly on the core
building blocks - it's not broken, so no-one sees the need to fix it
(read up on how the GNU C Compiler became the GNU Compiler Collection,
BTW). But they really seem to have stopped growing in other
directions.

So, 15 years ago GNU was "it" in the Free Software field. Now they are
not. They occupy an historically important, almost critical role in
today's Free Software infrastructure. In the guise of FSF they hold
stewardship over the GPL. But they are *not* delievering on their
original promise, and others have had to step up and fill the gap. And
that gap is widening every day.

GNU's Not Unix, and at this rate they never will be. What is GNU? A
kernel, a shell, Emacs, and the tools to build more.