Some points have been made on this that strike me as contradictory to debian's other stated objectives. I think lofty goals like "world domination" aren't achieveable with messages like "please use our software to run your business and sustain your livelihood, but don't have any expectations whatsoever and don't think you're entitled to depend on it for anything". That is childish and that's what will keep free software on the back burner. Whatever small gains the netscape thing brings will be short lived for this reason. Any relationship is a two way street -- even if you pretend its not.
I'm done posting on this, so please don't Cc me directly. If I have any interest in what you have to say, I'll read the archives. You don't need to take my word for anything, do whatever you like and let time be the judge. By the by, I too have volunteerd many an hour for debian, so this crap about me being some "ungrateful user" is nonsense. I'm very grateful for linux (which debian did not write) and for the FSF and the BSD efforts, and for the various linux distributions -- especially debian. As soon as things settle down (probably not until June) I plan on reactivating my account on master and re-entering superior martyrdom by picking up the maintenance on somebody else's upstream software. Then I too can unblock my nose at the unwary user and fart in their general direction. Cheers, -- "Until we extend the circle of our compassion to all living things, we will not ourselves find peace" -Albert Schweitzer Richard G. Roberto -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
