Re: Question for Bastian Nocera

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 09:21 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote:
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> Speaking as Stormy and not as ED, I think this is a losing battle. I
> agree we need to continue to educate people but I don't think
> GNU/Linux is going to be the way it happens. Millions of people now
> say Linux and GNU/Linux is harder to say, uglier sounding (hard G's
> are not easy), implies that we feel left out, etc. I really don't
> think it's going to be something that catches on no matter how many of
> us push it.

I'll add that people writing KDE or GNOME don't push for a
GNOME/GNU/Linux, or even GNOME/X.org/GNU/Linux. Just mentioning
GNU/Linux is disingenious.
> 
> Names often do not include all the components. I drive a Pontiac car
> that includes many other parts. We drink "coke" that includes many
> other brands. I use "kleenex" that is often not kleenex at all.
> 
> 
> We need to work on other campaigns to spread the word about the value
> of free software.