[haiku] Re: Ideas for a marketing push!
- From: Jerry Babione <jerry.babione@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:16:54 +0000
OK guy's Point taken. I can be wrong.... It happens. Got it Folks....
On 11/10/11, François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Le 10/11/2011 16:39, Jerry Babione a écrit :
>> On 11/10/11, Paul Davey <plmdvy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>
>>>> NOW IS THE TIME for an OS with all the tools ( SIMPLE to USE Tools) to
>>>> step up. I despise Ubuntu 11.04 because of the slick approach to the
>>>> consumer. Windows 8 will have its sales reguardless of my
>>>> preferences. Haiku can be one of the best Linux systems ever fielded
>>>> if we can get our act together.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Haiku is not a Linux system.
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>
>> Read a little further, While Haiku is based on BeOS the kernal is
>> basic linux. Get Over it. I've imported apps for GNU, Debian, and
>> Others that run beautifully, The users I can get to go this way I
>> will.
>>
>> <snip>
>
> 1) Haiku is not Linux: it doesn't use Linux (which is just the kernel).
>
> 2) Haiku is not GNU: it has the GNU tools but it's not what is most
> visible and used by people.
> If you want to please RMS, "just call your kernel Limerick and your OS
> GNU/Limerick then" as he said.
> But again Haiku is not defined just by the GNU tools and a kernel.
>
> 3) Haiku is not a GNU/Linux distribution: cf. 1 & 2.
>
> 4) Haiku is not Unix: it doesn't try to be compatible with *nix. Just
> enough POSIX to port things.
>
> Haiku is an OS in its own rights.
>
> There are many *nix software ported to Windows with Cygwin and MingW,
> yet noone tries to speak of Windows as a Unix or Linux distro.
>
> François.
>
>
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Jerry Babione
Founder-Just Plain Folks Org. Inc.
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