[wplug] In closing

[Vanco, Don]

Whooohooo!!  Beers are on Jennifer!!

Jennifer Landefeld [jennsbl at jennsbl.com] wrote:
> A little over $18K. They instituted a flexible payment plan that just
> requires we cover the posted interest for each month (of course, the
> interest charge goes down a little faster the larger payment you can
> make). 
> 
> I've been fluctuating between $300 and $400 a month on it.
> 
> Once I know what tax liabilities are I'd be happy to boost that to
> $500-$600 a mo. 
> 
> -J
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, February 18, 2004, at 03:33  PM, David Ostroske wrote:
> 
>> From: "N. Iglehart" <sendai at amerion.com>
>> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 13:46:35 -0500
>>> The issue RMS has with Linux has nothing to do with a license, but
>>> the fact that so many of the core Linux utilities and software are
>>> GNU tools. This includes most of the basic utilities such as ls,
>>> cat, more, etc and the very compiler, gcc, that makes 99.999% of
>>> Linux into executables.
>> 
>> That's very true. The tools that RMS and others developed as part of
>> the GNU project are very valuable, and he deserves credit for
>> creating them, as well as starting the free software movement.
>> 
>>> His point is actually very valid, but he's turned it into a
>>> stumbling block.
>> 
>> Absolutely! He does NOT deserve a naming credit for an entire system
>> that has Linux at its core. That would be thoroughly unjust. What
>> about all of the non-kernel, non-GNU components? Don't they take up a
>> considerable part of most distros?
>> 
>> It was Linux that spurred on the most popular free operating system,
>> as well as inspired the open source movement. "Linux" is worthy of
>> its own name. 
>> 
>> At least Linus isn't selling the naming rights to the kernel, like
>> they do with stadiums. Ooh... "McDonald's Linux... free distro with
>> every happy meal!" :-) 
>> 
>> --- David Ostroske
>>     eksortso at linuxmail.org