Re: that old GNU/Linux argument

["Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Björn Persson wrote:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>
> > For other discussions, being more specific will actually 
> > make the discussion harder.
>
> I don't see how using terms that are too generic would make discussing easier. 
> If you mean using terms that are more specific than intended, then that's of 
> course not optimal.
>
> It may of course be that some people find it harder to use the appropriate 
> terminology because they then have to actually think about what they mean, 
> but once they do that I'm sure they'll find that the discussion works much 
> better.
What I was thinking of is a discussion of things that apply to all 
Linux distributions, where using a specific distribution gives the 
impression that what you are talking about is distribution specific. 
This is especially true when the discussion is between users of two 
different distributions.

Mikkel
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