GNU/Linux naming debate

[Lar Kaufman]

Lest we forget, let us add a note of gratitude to the author of Minix,
Andrew (?) Tannenbaum, who, on learning that Linus had turned his 
minix into a "real" operating system, asked Linus to take minix out
of his kernel, since Minix was designed as an educational tool, not
a fully functional OS.  So the Linux kernel was rewritten (not for 
the last time) and made more efficient in the process.

 -lar
He that shall oppose an assault only with a shield to receive the blows, or 
in any more respectful posture, without a sword in his hand, to abate the 
confidence and force of the assailant... will find such a defence serve only to
draw upon himself the worse usage. - John Locke, TREATISE OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT
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