Darth Chatri

Had a real hectic week. RMS was fantastic. He is a phenomenon. What was most striking about him is that he is a king who mingles with the commoners. He replies to each mail personally, eats and drinks with his audience(whatever they eat), doesn't bother on insisting on things like mineral water and has a good, analytical brain. And unlike other great people who can give great speeches, he usually talks sense. You can rarely catch him on the wrong foot.
He really had me convinced about calling the system GNU/Linux. But saying "guh-noo slash leenux" everytime is a bit tasking on the toungue. Also "Linux" sounds cool ... although "guh-noo" is not bad either. I think I will go with GNU. It would also make it easier to adapt when the 'hurd' begins to stampede.

My project now has an official one-word name. It's called AppCon for "appliance control". I think it's the best I could do when told to choose a name in half a minute. It's not yet ready, not even close to it, but hopefully we should get there soon.

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