[RyanZAG]

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.

[sesqu]

What other userland? Without GNU, Linux might never have even gotten written.

[dvogel]

Apples to oranges. Those markets have different dynamics, gatekeepers, legacy costs, etc.