[wplug] In closing

Jennifer Landefeld jennsbl at jennsbl.com
Wed Feb 18 16:19:54 EST 2004


Um, well, that would be nice if the 18K on that account were income... 
unfortunately for the folks involved... it's debt. (-;

Cheers,
Jenn

On Wednesday, February 18, 2004, at 03:58  PM, Vanco, Don wrote:

> 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
>
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