Oh Boy....

[joelbryan]

People choose Ubuntu because they want something usable that works TODAY, 
and along that, is the security that they feel that their chosen distro will 
not suck, and leave them on future releases. People would not wait on other 
distro's on the FUTURE, but they want something usable today, and today is 
what is really important.



On 4/13/05, Rich Rudnick <nickrud at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 11:49 +0800, joelbryan wrote:
> > Debian sinks it's brand name over the years. We know it's there, but
> > their brand was well known only for few geek masses. As if Debian
> > doesn't show it's enthusiam and interest on propagating Linux.
> >
> > Ubuntu now snap the hell out of it. Ubuntu is now going to be adopted
> > in other country, faster than any distros. Ubuntu is the firestarter
> > to this open source spirit whatever.
> 
> Debian is, right now, the most broadly accepted distribution in the
> world. I challenge you to find any distributor that claims they pay no
> attention to the work done by the debian developers.
> 
> Why do you think canonical scooped up the debian developers it did?
> Could it be that Mr. Shuttleworth recognizes value? I'm just a luser,
> and I saw it 5 years ago, before I even knew how to take advantage of
> it.
> 
> I think I read somewhere that there are less than 10 paid ubuntu
> developers who have commit rights to debian; that's old news, maybe it's
> up to 20. Anyone who's followed debian's development over the last few
> years will recognize their names. Do you really think that these
> competent people won't continue to leverage not only the direct
> assistance of other debian developers, but also the labor of those 900+
> developers who don't give a damn about ubuntu, but just continue to make
> usable packages? And since the ubunters understand what debian does for
> them, why would you even think they would have any interest in debian
> dying? Or of even becoming a true fork from debian, as I've seen some
> other lusers babbling about on slashdot?
> 
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