On wto, 2006-12-12 at 23:13 -0500, De Served wrote: > On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 20:08 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 09:53:16PM +0200, Justin Hartman wrote: > > > Hi Guys > > > > > > For sake of not repeating the same topics in this thread I will start > > > off by saying that I am also a recent convert to Debian Testing PPC > > > from Ubuntu 6.10. My primary motivation for moving to Debian was as a > > > result of a recent decision by Canonical to drop support for PPC as of > > > the end of version 6.10. > > > > > > I invested a lot of time and resources in getting my Ubuntu system > > > 'stable' only to discover that my life cycle with Ubuntu would in fact > > > not last very long and this was a hugely disappointing factor for me. > > > >From a ethical point of view this made me realise that as long as any > > > company is behind any kind of distro the only thing that will > > > ultimately matter is the companies bottom-line and not the end user. > > > > > > I figured it would be wise to terminate my relationship with Ubuntu > > > immediately, rather than later, and start the lengthy process of > > > migrating everything over to Etch. > > > > > Hi Justin, > > As an owner of a ppc, I have no problem with Canonical dropping support > > for PPC macs, they are a company focused on the desktop, which is why > > they initially supported PPC macs. Once that market no longer was to be > > supported, they had little choice, as they have limited resources to > > further their goal to bring users to the linux desktop. Luckily the PPC > > platform has some life left in the embedded market and to a lesser > > extent the PPC mac users. And with the recent 'vancouver' document that > > was added as a new release standard from etch and forwards, some of the > > architecures that are now supported may be dropped from official status > > or removed. The obvious case being m68k -- aka the orginal macs -- not > > being in Etch. In the upcoming release cycle -- lenny, I'd love to see > > m68k and other arch. still be here but they have an uphill battle no > > matter what distro you pick. > > cheers, > > Kev > > Personally, I've always been rather suspicious of the whole Ubuntu > thing. My thought was that they were giving the CDs away as a means of > bolstering name recognition and establishing themselves as a mainstream > linux player. I was sure that they would eventually parlay that into > an IPO of some sort, and the people responsible for Ubuntu would walk > away with a multi-billion dollar profit. Perhaps I was wrong, but it's > still kind of early to discount the theory. > Heck, and I've always believed Mark Shuttleworth is actually an alien that eats babies for breakfast and gets a snack of kittens before lunch. I guess it's a valid theory and I'll hold on to it. I'm sorry for my low-quality sarcasm, but I've heard enough wild conspiracy theories about people that I value. -- Andrzej Mendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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