On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 01:26:41PM -0600, Rodd Ahrenstorff wrote: > On Tuesday 29 January 2002 10:09 am, Florin Iucha wrote: > > My opinion on this thread gravitates around a few themes: > > 1. Linux is not a product. "RedHat Linux" is a product. > > Websters Dictionary: > Product > 1. Anything that is produced, whether as the result of > generation, growth, labor, or thought. Florin's point still holds. Linux is not a single product anymore than Unix is a single product or Microsoft Windows is. At most under Webster's permissive definition of "product" GNU/Linux is a diverse family of products including different software depending on who you ask and produced by a wide variety of people. -- Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) crumley at fields.space.umn.edu |Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ Never laugh at live dragons |Dmitry's free,Jon's next? http://faircopyright.org