:36:01
And that was just because "Linus"
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and the "X" has to be there.
:36:07
It's Unix. It's like a law.
:36:11
And...what happened was that...
:36:14
I initially thought that I can't call it Linux publicly,
:36:19
because it is just too egotistical.
:36:21
And that was before I had a big ego. Right?
:36:24
They thought they were taking a whole bunch
of components putting them around Linux
:36:30
So they ended up calling the whole thing
"A Linux System"
:36:35
and somehow that term caught on.
:36:37
And the result is
:36:39
there are now ten million people using
:36:44
this variant of the GNU system...
:36:45
the GNU/Linux operating system.
:36:49
And most of them don't know it.
:36:51
[ Some people advocate it be described as GNU/Linux.
:36:56
I mean what's your thought on
that? I would say, justify or... ]
:37:00
Well, I think it's justified but it is justified
if you actually make GNU distribution of Linux.
:37:07
The same way that I think that Red Hat Linux
is fine or SuSE Linux, or Debian Linux.
:37:16
Uh, because if you actually make your
own distribution of Linux
:37:20
You get to name the thing.
:37:22
But calling Linux in general "GNU Linux"
I think, is just ridiculous.
:37:29
I got involved in Fall '93.
:37:32
Because I was sent a copy of the first CD-ROM
commercial Linux distribution,
:37:39
which was called Yggdrasi produced by Adam Richter.
:37:44
And I got a copy because...
:37:46
I had been myself writing Free Software for
a long time since the early 80's.
:37:51
I was actually one of the
early GNU contributors myself.
:37:55
And I was absolutely astonished,
:37:57
I was completely astonished.
:37:59
Because I've been a software engineer
for nearly 15 years at that point.