On Mon, 06 Dec 1999 08:51:31 +1100 Frank Copeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Blackman wrote: >> Lately I've been thinking about forking Debian, into DWA, meaning >> Debian Without Attitude. We'll drop the attitude, and the >> pretenses, about what Free means, and get licensing deals with >> Corel, Netscape, and Sun, to include Wordperfect, Communicator, >> and Staroffice. We'll make the install process less cryptic, >> include non-free on the CD and forget the Debian philosophy, that >> the only way to learn is by doing it the hard way. > I happen to like Debian *With* Attitude. It fills a very important > niche in the Linux ecosystem, and if Debian changed in the way you > want it to then it would be necessary IMHO to reinvent it under > another name. There are a great many people for whom the only value particular Debian brings to the table is apt-get and friends. They have no interest in religion, no interest or strong values relating to the variations in freedom of DFSG vs OSD vs <whatever> -- they just want a box they can build and administer easily, and Debian offers them that by providing a system they can upgrade and extend over the wire, and potentially apply that same distribution and administration model acros a lab of hundreds of machines. And even more interestingly, Debian needs those people. They are the users of the world and Debian cannot surivive without a user pool to draw new talent from as the old leaves thru attrition. -- J C Lawrence Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------(*) Other: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --=| A man is as sane as he is dangerous to his environment |=--