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Re: Ubuntu developers are also contributing to the HURD

Re: Ubuntu developers are also contributing to the HURD

Posted Aug 19, 2008 20:16 UTC (Tue) by tjc (guest, #137)
In reply to: Re: Ubuntu developers are also contributing to the HURD by mbanck
Parent article: In defense of Ubuntu

> PS: It's Hurd, not HURD.

At least it's not Turd.  The FSF's ability to pick bad names is unmatched.  They should change
while they can, before many people are even aware of the project.


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Re: Ubuntu developers are also contributing to the HURD

Posted Aug 19, 2008 23:39 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Hey, RMS picked 'POSIX', which isn't a bad name (certainly not compared to 
the awful alternatives that were bandied about at the time: anyone else 
remember 'IEEIX' or whatever it was? Sounded like someone screaming in 
pain...)

Re: Ubuntu developers are also contributing to the HURD

Posted Aug 20, 2008 0:56 UTC (Wed) by felixfix (subscriber, #242) [Link]

The FSF's ability to pick bad names is unmatched.

Au contraire. It is a perfect name for GNU.

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