Sun Giving GNU Credit

RMS has been on the "GNU/Linux" naming convention rant for years; urging people to give the GNU Project and the legions of contributors credit they deserve.  Afterall, the bulk of Free Software OS userland is made of GNU contributions.

One might think that a company like Sun Microsystems wouldn't grok this concept, since most GNU/Linux distributions themselves don't.

However, some folks at Sun definitely get it:

Tim Bray - Director of Web Technologies (talking about Ian Murdoch joining Sun):

"As of this weekend Ian wasn’t even on the payroll yet and was already in in a peppy little email debate over when to say “Linux” and when to say “GNU” and when to say both."

Simon Phipps - Chief Open Source Officer:

"the combination of the GNU operating system pioneered by Richard Stallman with the inclusive development delivered around the Linux kernel by Linus Torvalds has brought a new life and energy to the extended family tree of Unix. The popularity of GNU/Linux bears testament to the vision and skill Stallman and Torvalds exhibit."