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Re: Android Apps

Brian Hunter — Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:13 am

Author: Brian Hunter

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:13 am

C'mon people, if Richard Stallman has taught us anything it is to be ever more pedantic in the face of unsurmountable odds.

If you can't beat them, annoy them.

Re: Android Apps

nelz — Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:53 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:53 pm

towy71 wrote:

nelz wrote:

Anyway, you've got no more chance of getting people to stop calling it Linux than you have of getting people to stop calling their vacuum cleaner a hoover. The war is lost.

I have a Dyson and my daughter has a Henry

Would that be a Henry Hoover? At least Numatic have embraced that unchangeable.

Re: Android Apps

guy — Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:14 pm

Author: guy

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:14 pm

nelz wrote:

If you mean the distro he uses, that is named by those that produce it, it is not up to Linus to give it a name.

True. But who said anything about naming it?

Quote:

Anyway, you've got no more chance of getting people to stop calling it Linux than you have of getting people to stop calling their vacuum cleaner a hoover. The war is lost.

My point entirely. Though I do feel sorry for anybody called Henry Hoover who tries to google themselves.

Re: Android Apps

Ram — Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:00 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:00 pm

towy71 wrote:

nelz wrote:

Anyway, you've got no more chance of getting people to stop calling it Linux than you have of getting people to stop calling their vacuum cleaner a hoover. The war is lost.

I have a Dyson and my daughter has a Henry

hoo matren

Re: Android Apps

towy71 — Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:21 pm

Author: towy71

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:21 pm

nelz wrote:

Anyway, you've got no more chance of getting people to stop calling it Linux than you have of getting people to stop calling their vacuum cleaner a hoover. The war is lost.

I have a Dyson and my daughter has a Henry

Re: Android Apps

nelz — Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:50 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:50 pm

If you mean the distro he uses, that is named by those that produce it, it is not up to Linus to give it a name.

Anyway, you've got no more chance of getting people to stop calling it Linux than you have of getting people to stop calling their vacuum cleaner a hoover. The war is lost.

Re: Android Apps

guy — Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:38 am

Author: guy

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:38 am

nelz wrote:

How can any thread that refers to Linus be off topic?

Well, it would surely be off topic for the Off Topic forum

Re: Android Apps

guy — Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:36 am

Author: guy

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:36 am

nelz wrote:

guy wrote:

Well, if you can get Linus Torvalds to refer to his desktop distro as GNU/Linux, then I might take your offer a little more seriously

When did Linus start producing a desktop distro?

Who said anything about producing?

Re: Android Apps

nelz — Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:33 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:33 am

How can any thread that refers to Linus be off topic?

Re: Android Apps

Rhakios — Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:22 am

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:22 am

Perhaps I should just move it to Off Topic.

Re: Android Apps

nelz — Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:25 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:25 pm

guy wrote:

Well, if you can get Linus Torvalds to refer to his desktop distro as GNU/Linux, then I might take your offer a little more seriously

When did Linus start producing a desktop distro?

Re: Android Apps

towy71 — Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:05 pm

Author: towy71

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:05 pm

guy wrote:

Well, if you can get Linus Torvalds to refer to his desktop distro as GNU/Linux, then I might take your offer a little more seriously

Now then now then girls and boys, this thread might go down hill from here on

Re: Android Apps

guy — Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:53 pm

Author: guy

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:53 pm

Rhakios wrote:

If you want to read about Android, there's a magazine for that.

Last time I looked, if you wanted to read about Ubuntu there was a magazine for that too.

Quote:

I tell you what, you get Google to call it Linux/Android in their press releases (or even Android/Linux) and I'll move this thread out of Other OS.

Well, if you can get Linus Torvalds to refer to his desktop distro as GNU/Linux, then I might take your offer a little more seriously

Re: Android Apps

Rhakios — Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:12 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:12 pm

guy wrote:

Why is this thread in "Other OS"? This site isn't called GNU/Linux Format.

Perhaps with Android being accepted back into the kernel fold, it's becoming a little more linuxy again, but so what. If you want to read about Android, there's a magazine for that.

I tell you what, you get Google to call it Linux/Android in their press releases (or even Android/Linux) and I'll move this thread out of Other OS.

Re: Android Apps

guy — Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:30 pm

Author: guy

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:30 pm

Why is this thread in "Other OS"? This site isn't called GNU/Linux Format.