On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:13:52 -0000, Chris Mattern wrote:

> 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.

You are correct, I agree with you.

I was merely using an illustration to demonstrate how Roy Schestowitz is
going to squirm and try and twist this one all over the place.

BTW would you like to hear Roy Schestowitz discussing OOXML vs ODF?

Here you go!
Click on the podcast.
It's a real eye opener.

http://www.linux.com/feature/122470
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
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