[haiku] Re: Ideas for a marketing push!
- From: Jerry Babione <jerry.babione@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:20:37 +0000
I uploaded working versions of vim, vi, and view, just a few minutes
ago, to haikuware.
On 11/10/11, Jerry Babione <jerry.babione@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
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