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Re: announcement of freerouter
From: Jimmy Hess <mysidia () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 18:54:00 -0600
On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org> wrote:
Amazing what the proprietary appropriation of a single Word can do :)
Yes.... I'm quite bothered by that. As far as I'm concerned "Router OS" refers to whatever operating system drives a router. Just like "Computer OS" is not referring to a specific piece of software, but it's a description of a software's role within a system. To suggest "Router OS" refers to a specific product, is like suggesting "Bottled Water" refers to a specific brand of packaged liquid.
-mel
-- -JH
Current thread:
- Re: announcement of freerouter, (continued)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Mike - st257 (Dec 28)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Laszlo Hanyecz (Dec 28)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Mike - st257 (Dec 29)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Josh Reynolds (Dec 29)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Rob Seastrom (Dec 29)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Matthew Petach (Dec 29)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Owen DeLong (Dec 29)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Josh Luthman (Dec 29)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Mike - st257 (Dec 29)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Mel Beckman (Dec 29)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Jimmy Hess (Dec 30)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Ćukasz Bromirski (Dec 30)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Josh Reynolds (Dec 30)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Laszlo Hanyecz (Dec 28)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Mike - st257 (Dec 28)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Mike Hammett (Dec 29)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Randy Bush (Dec 30)
- Re: announcement of freerouter Mark Tinka (Dec 30)