I don't know the details of the war that led to Bruce's decision. My concern is that we have not only lost Bruce, but that the wise overview, philosophy as embedded in his approach has been lost as well. As a user I am really wondering what to do - I fear for Debian's future viability if the developers (the heart of this distribution) have made Bruce's continued involvement untenable.
Richard On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, DAVID B. TEAGUE wrote: > On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Bruce Perens wrote: > > > There was some question on this list yesterday regarding whether I > > would leave Debian. It is indeed true. I will remain as president of > > SPI and will redirect SPI's mission to be for all free software rather > > than just for Debian. I'm sorry it had to be this way, but I feel that > > my mission to bring free software to the masses really isn't > > compatible with Debian any longer, and that I should be working with > > one of the more mainstream Linux distributions. > > Bruce > > I am one of the users in the trences who appreciates your work for > Debian. You have provided decisions when decisions needed to be made. > Your decisions have appeared to me to be thoughtful and wise. > > Your departure causes me pause. I appeal to you not to leave Debian. > If you do leave, I wish you the very best that life has to offer. > > --David Teague > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > LINUX: the FREE 32 bit OS for [3456]86 PC's available NOW! > David B Teague | Ask me how user interface copyrights & software > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | patents make programing a dangerous business. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
