On Sun, 19 May 2002, Mark Brown wrote: > Frankly, I would not be surprised if most of the people saying that > have nothing wrong with Hurd and everything wrong with the pointless > flamewars which seem to have been following it around recently.
Not as pointless as people may think. Debian is being challenged to examine its culture and this is never a comfortable process. All organisations, including Debian, have a culture with certain values and assumptions which its members are hardly aware of. These assumptions are built into manuals and procedures, written and unwritten. The way I see it is that Debian's culture developed though being a distribution of GNU/Linux. It is now being challenged to see itself as a distributor of free OS's, GNU/Linux, GNU/Hurd and the BSDs as equals. This requires a culture shift. IMHO, the target for the flames should be directed against the current Debian GNU/Linux centred culture and not "cabals". After all the Debian's administrators reflect the current culture or they would not be allowed to administer. Don't look for a cabal when you are obstructed, the organisation's culture is probably the problem. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sell GNU/Linux & GNU/Hurd CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]