[plug] [OT-UST] Why the US will lose in Afghanistan, take II

Brad Campbell brad at seme.com.au
Thu Sep 27 13:33:25 WST 2001


John Knight wrote:
> 
> Well you all know me by now, so I won't bother with the long intro! :)
> 
> >
> > > After a quick brainstorm, I came up with the following possible topics:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > >     * How do you pronounce Linux?
> 
> I pronounce it how Torvalds himself does and think that others should too
> (or at least as close as they can get) as it's his word.

I believe if you read into it a bit further, you will find Linus did not
name linux. It was named by someone out of a need for a name when it was
put in a public archive for the first time.
Don't recall who or when, but I read that not too long ago. Umm..
Trying to find the reference anyway..

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Brad....
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