http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/linux/opinion/0,5954,2260109,00.html
"On the other hand, those in our world who believe in manipulating language for political means insist on the term GNU/Linux in order to pay forced homage to the FSF and GNU." Mr. Leibovitch is the executive directory of The Linux Professional Institute, which is non-profit corporation attempting to provide standardized certification across all Linux platforms. Normally, such rhetoric as he spouts in this article (and a previous one which mistakenly assumed that the Debian refusal to distribute KDE was an ideological position when it is in actuality a legal decision) does not cause me any concern, but the fact that he is the exec. director of a organization that could become a important force for certification (with several vendors lining up behind them already) gives me pause. After reading his articles it is apparent that he has slotted Debian as some niche academic distribution with little promise in commercial endeavors: "Debian, so far, has been very popular in academia, hobbyist and research circles, but doesn't appear to be a big player in the retail and commercial fields." LPI as a whole does not appear to have such a uneducated opinion as Mr. Leibovitch on Debian's decisions to call itself GNU/Linux or to not distribute programs in violation of their licenses (especially what that license is the cornerstone of the Free Software movement). Their mission statement is to be distribution neutral as much as possible. Their strategy is to provide both general, and distributions testing. Their method for developing the exams is community based, with lots of outside input, and the exams will be publicly available so that third-parties can base training and testing on them. Might I suggest that someone involved with Debian PR contact Mr. Leibovitch and attempt to open a dialog with him in order to better educate him on why Debian has made various decisions, and why Debian is not anti-commercial by any means. If noone is available to do this, then I could attempt it (I imagine Adam DiCarlo just gasped in disbelief). Also, if anyone representing Debian interests is working with LPI presently could they post a quick summary of how things are going there? And lastly, if someone who knows the Debian group dynamics better than me can make better suggestions on how to better educate Mr. Leibovitch, I'm certainly listening. -- Craig Brozefsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Less matter, more form! - Bruno Schulz ignazz, I am truly korrupted by yore sinful tzourceware. -jb The Osmonds! You are all Osmonds!! Throwing up on a freeway at dawn!!!