"See Richard Stallman, "Initial GNU
Announcement"
(September 1983).
http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/gnu/initial-announcement.html
It would also contain many enticing features that
other Unix systems didn't yet offer: a graphic user
interface based on the Lisp programming language, a
crash-proof file system, and networking protocols built
according to MIT's internal networking system.
"GNU will be able to run Unix programs, but will not be
identical to Unix," the author wrote. "We will make all
improvements that are convenient, based on our
experience with other operating systems."
Anticipating a skeptical response on some readers'
part, the author made sure to follow up his
operating-system outline with a brief biographical
sketch titled, "Who am I?": I am Richard Stallman,
inventor of the original much-imitated EMACS editor,
now at the Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT. I have
worked extensively on compilers, editors, debuggers,
command interpreters, the Incompatible Timesharing
System and the Lisp Machine operating system.
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