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They didn't mention the word "GNU" once. Is it a deliberate snub? They said "General Public License" and "GPL," leaving out any mention of Stallman, GNU or the
by whughes 17y ago
They didn't mention the word "GNU" once. Is it a deliberate snub? They said "General Public License" and "GPL," leaving out any mention of Stallman, GNU or the FSF. Seems like they're targeting this release more toward corporate IT that view "Linux" as another platform like "Windows" rather than the free crowd.
- wmf 17y agoThere are a lot of people in the ESR/open source crowd who never mention GNU, FSF, or RMS. MS is hardly unusual in that respect.
- DougBTX 17y agoI don't know how wide spread it is in MS, but I've heard conspicuous rival-brand avoidance before. For example, references to "the company named after a fruit", rather than, "Apple".