On 2008-03-05, Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:30:30 -0000, Chris Mattern wrote:
>
>> On 2008-03-05, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> It might be more complicated than this. They are said to have back doors in
>>> *standard protocols* (Linux included) [1,2,3,4] and these are hard to get by
>>
>> Linux is not a protocol, standard or otherwise.
>
> To a Linux advocacy loon:
>
> A. Linux is the kernel.
> B. Except when Linux is not the kernel.
>
> Pick either A or B depending upon what argument you are involved in and
> which one suits your POV at the moment.
>
Whether or not Linux is a kernel can be slippery, yes. But
it's not a protocol, period. That's like describing an
airplane as being a flight plan.

--
Christopher Mattern

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