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On Wednesday 07 August 2002 14:38, Jean-Michel Smith wrote: |
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> Well, if you want to fall back to an appeal to authority that is your |
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> decision, but my understanding of this entire discussion is that there is a |
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> desire to reach a consensus on this sort of thing. Otherwise, why even |
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> talk about it? |
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I don't know why everyone is talking about it when there is no real problem |
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(as you can freely choose any name). If the devs decide to officially name it |
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"Gentoo GNU/Linux" let em do it otherwise don't bother anyone. I always say |
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"Gentoo" anyway, ppl know that I'm into Linux :) |
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> Clearly there are two groups, bitterly divided on this one minor point but |
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> otherwise united in their enthusiasm with respect to Linux in general and |
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> Gentoo in particular. It seems silly to have free software enthusiasts |
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> bickering over this point, especially if there is an easy solution that |
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> would satisfy all but the most extreme zealots on either side. |
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ACK |
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> Yes, and I fall into that group as well. But clearly a lot of people DO |
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> care, so if their is a straightforward and easy way to address the issue |
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> and bridge these differences, why not consider it? |
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Well for some ppl now that someone tried to push the GNU/ part onto Gentoo |
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it's this kind of "no, not after this" feeling :) This doesn't bring us |
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anywhere it's not the users decision anyway. |
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Alex |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety |
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deserve neither liberty nor safety." |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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