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From: pajerek@isctsse.UUCP (Don Pajerek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: GNU story wanted!
Keywords: GNU
Message-ID: <254@isctsse.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jun 89 16:06:46 GMT
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In article <1040@acf3.NYU.EDU> sabbagh@acf3.UUCP () writes:
>In article <7364@cs.Buffalo.EDU> ugleung@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Leung Lee) writes:
>>I have one fundamental question.  What is the story concerning the
>>frequent use of "GNU" as a prefix to many Unix programs, such a emacs,
>>troff, etc.
>
>As I understand it, GNU stands for "GNU's Not Unix".  A self-referential
>company name!
>
>-hgs

The acronym is correct.  It must be said, however, that 'GNU' is the
principal product of the Free Software Foundation.  GNU, the product,
is planned as a free, non-proprietary operating system which will be
functionally equivalent to Unix (or maybe a superset). I don't know
if the GNU operating system is actually available, but many components
of it are, such as the EMACS editor and the GCC compiler.

All of this software is free, since Richard Stallman, the founder of
the Free Software Foundation, believes that all software should be free.


Don Pajerek