I really like GNU, but are you sure that it is GNU that has succeeded and not Linux?
Linux + GNU = small marketshare
Linux + Android = big marketshare
So maybe without GNU, Linux would have gotten some other userland quicker and taken off faster? I don't think it's entirely fair to credit Linux's success to GNU at this point.
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I really like GNU, but are you sure that it is GNU that has succeeded and not Linux?
Linux + GNU = small marketshare
Linux + Android = big marketshare
So maybe without GNU, Linux would have gotten some other userland quicker and taken off faster? I don't think it's entirely fair to credit Linux's success to GNU at this point.
What other userland? Without GNU, Linux might never have even gotten written.
Apples to oranges. Those markets have different dynamics, gatekeepers, legacy costs, etc.