I agree with most of this...except the Linux/GNU thing. Early on GNU was an operating system in need of a kernel and Linux was a kernel in need of an operating

I agree with most of this...except the Linux/GNU thing. Early on GNU was an operating system in need of a kernel and Linux was a kernel in need of an operating system. Today we have a number of distributions which could rightfully be called GNU/Linux systems as its a symbiotic pairing of technologies.