On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Peter Samuelson wrote:
> [Peter Samuelson]
> > > But it really bugs me when someone uses the term 'Linux 6.2'.... (:
> > > I could not resist pointing out the distinction.
>
> [Gérard Roudier]
> > You seem to do the same confusion of assuming that Linux is RedHat. Note
> > that it is not your fault. We all are so screwed by marketing techniques.
>
> Hey now. I didn't assume "Linux is RedHat". I assumed a user who says
> "Linux 6.2" is referring to "Red Hat Linux 6.2". And I still wouldn't
> bet against Igmar. What's the point? I don't like beer anyway. (:
> Note that I deliberately ignored my assumption when replying -- I gave
> instructions for Debian derivations, even though I don't know of any
> Debian-derived distribution with a version number 6.2.
There are dozens of similarly different (or differently similar - as your
prefer) Linux based O/Ses distributions around the world and some have had
6.x versionning when RedHat was also 6.x (SuSe for example).
Gerard.
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