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It may say "Linux" on his birth certificate
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:51 am
by greggh
http://www.linux.com/feature/149992
but I'm still gonna call him "GNU/Linux".
Re: It may say "Linux" on his birth certificate
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:25 am
by Wally Balljacker
This raises so many questions. Will Richard Stallman insist that the baby be called GNU/Linux?
How about first name Gnu, middle name Linux.
Gnu Linux Nielsen...lol
Re: It may say "Linux" on his birth certificate
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:55 am
by Claudio
Maybe he's just the kernel, and whatever else he does in his life will be added to him as experience under his belt.
Seriously though, I don't know why people do this to their children. Have they thought about the repercussions of this? Heck, my name is Claudio which is a common name in South America and Europe (my parents are from Argentina), yet I was still mocked for having such a strange name here in the US. Personally, naming your child after the kernel of an operating system? I guess to each their own.
Of course, I guess that's nothing compared to names like "Usmail" (oos-mah-EEL) and "Usnavy" (oos-NAH-vee) that I've seen from people that just came from Cuba to Florida. The best one I've eveer heard was "Transito" for a boy (means "traffic" or "transit" in English). These do make the name "Linux" for a child seem rather subtle.
I guess at least they didn't call him
"BOB".
Re: It may say "Linux" on his birth certificate
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:37 pm
by Tsuroerusu
Those crazy Swedes, I tell ya!
Re: It may say "Linux" on his birth certificate
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:20 pm
by jturning
I think he's going to grow up and sock his parents for naming him that.
Bugz