Hi, >>"Dave" == Dave Cinege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dave> Bull. It puts other at odds with the 'officials' in the Dave> project. There is no reason someone couldn't have come up with Dave> this 'stable' release CD on their own. There is no reseason Dave> Bruce could not have done it, and offered it in his personal Dave> capacity. Bruce is not offering an Official CD. Debian is. Is that so hard to understand? Dave> If you buy a CD that says 1.3 on it you can't be sure what Dave> you're getting. Was that the 1.3 that had a bug with XX peice of Dave> hardware and couldn't install. Hiding things from the users is Dave> typical Microsoft, large company, marketing *tatics* They don't Dave> care if it runs, just that you buy the product. That's not Dave> right. Certainly not for a (supposedly) free software project. When we say version X, we mean version X -- the intent is never to have a versioned release be mutable. Yes, we made a mistake. If you think it damns us forever, Redhat makes a fine distribution. Hope you have better luck with it. Dave> Listen, getting CD's out is a good thing. But: Dave> A) It is not right for Debian Inc, to have an official part in Dave> it. In you opinion. Dave> B) The distribution should not change to suite the needs of Dave> cookie cutters. I dn't see why not, as long as it retains the technical qualities. After all, CD retailers are Debian users too, just like anyone on this list. I have no interest in discriminating against any group of users. manoj -- "There is no law that vulgarity and literary excellence cannot coexist." Trevor Hodge Manoj Srivastava <url:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mobile, Alabama USA <url:http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .