Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 00:06:27 +0000 From: "Frank Shute" <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> To: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org Subject: Re: A shaggy dog story? Message-ID: <20040318000627.GA56009@peach.veggie.com> In-Reply-To: <40589ADF.4000804@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> References: <40589ADF.4000804@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 06:37:19PM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> I took SWMBO's car in today to have a couple of new tyres fitted. Whilst
> I was waiting for it, a young lady brought her car in for new tyres as
> well and she had her dog with her.
>
> What's this got to do with FreeBSD you might wonder? Well, normally,
> nothing, except that this dog was called Linux! I kid you not; I thought
> I'd misheard her the first time she called it.
>
> Unfortunately she didn't wait around while her car was done so I didn't
> get the chance to enquire further. Was she a Linux user, or just like
> the name? If she was a Linux user I would have suggeted that she tried
> FreeBSD, but then she'd have to rename the dog Beastie (or Chuck).
>
> I did wonder as she and the dog walked off whether she had a
> pooper-scooper to clear up all it's core dumps ;-)
If the dog's called Linux it must be a mongrel ;)
I also hope Stallman doesn't meet this owner and her dog or he'd demand
that she change it's name to GNU/Linux and some unpleasantness might
ensue.
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