> Bruce > Well, please don't tell this to all of the people who we are attempting > to get to use Linux as the core of their products.
"core" (software architecture) != "core" (customer value). > Also, please make sure to tell the upstream maintainers that we aren't > going to use their code any longer, because we have decided that it's a > bad idea to outsource the core of our product. Debian isn't a product, it's a project, and the core of the project isn't code, it's principles and processes. Outsourcing the core of Debian would be delegating judgements about software freeness and integrity. Cheers, - Michael