this is offtopic. anyone wanting to discuss debian/unbuntu/other
distrost politics, history or anything else, please move to some other
list/private if you want to continue

bye
andraz

On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 12:19 +0100, Nicolas Maufrais wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 11:22:09AM +0100, muzzol wrote:
> > >in Ubuntu is the fact that it's actually a company.  While Debian
> > >isn't...
> > >
> > 
> > false. ubuntu is free. canonical is a company. if canonical goes down
> > ubuntu remains free. if canonical decides to release a commercial
> > version of ubuntu they cannot call it ubuntu because ubuntu is still
> > free. even if canonical decides some day going "the evil way" you can
> > take last ubuntu version and fork it because the code is (don't you
> > guess?) free.
> > 
> > this is a bad FUD and makes lot of confusion to users.
> 
> No. That's not FUD. Linux was born without business (making money) in
> mind. And Debian and some other distributions agree with this principle.
> That's what makes Linux great. Without those principles, Linux wouldn't
> be what it is now. Ubuntu advantage over Debian is that it's easier to
> install and configure. Debian asks you to RTFM. But if principles are
> important for you, and you are able to read a manual, Debian is the
> distribution to choose.
> 
> > you can blame lot of things about canonical/debian relationships, but
> > saying a lie lot of times doesn't make it true...
> > 
> > wait, was exactly what bush did!!!
> 
> Do you compare me with Bush? Talking about a computer distribution is
> something. Doing personnal attacks on someone you don't know is
> something totally different. Before talking about FUD, you should think
> twice before posting things like this on a mailing-list.
> 
> Nicolas Maufrais.
> 
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