Why not Linux?

[James Knott]

Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
> On Saturday 02 September 2006 10:57, Rick Tomaschuk wrote:
>> On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 14:05 -0400, Colin McGregor wrote:
>>> I have not read Animal Farm I'm afraid, but I do know
>> Animal Farm is a satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism. Major
>> events in the book are based on ones from the Soviet Union during the
>> Stalin era. (From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_farm ...sorry I
>> don't have Encarta)
> 
> Well, wikipedia is certainly either not a fully trustfull source of 
> information. 
> 
> Was 1984 based on Soviet Union? I doubt that. I doubt also that the Animal 
> Farm was.

Animal farm was about communism. "All men are created equal, but some
are more equal than others.". came from that book.  1984 was more about
government intrusion into our lives.

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