On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, ' ALLAN W. BART wrote: > is this the end of debian as we know it. i am wondering about this- any > thoughts.
Allan Well, Bruce is leaving, but Ian is still out there. I think Dale Scheetz is immersed in his book and the support for it. I don't see his posts much any more. There are many developers. Who are the Debian officers? I don't think one person is vital, but with many who don't want to market Debian. ... We _are_ going to miss Bruce. Face it, Red Hat has a bunch of Marketroids who are really good at getting the name out. (Even if they do have the reputation of pushing a product with broken packages out the door (before it is ready.)) We could use a couple of marketroids ourselves who push a fairly slickly packaged product - frozen at some point. The profits (and I stronly believe that there could be some significant funds generated like this) would be plowed back into funding developers. RE: Stability: I have been using 1.1 for a year, for exactly what Microsoft promises but fails to provide: a *_stable_* platform (the only crashes I have had that were not attributable to hardware were from Netscape) and a large number of really nice applications. We have been using Debian at school with the upgrades done by my system administrator instead of me, so that system stayed up to date. And it stayed STABLE in spite of use by some of folk whose intent seems to be to "take it down":) I think Debian is healthy, but if the young turks drive more leaders off, it may not stay that way. The one constant is change, so the old saw sings. Bruce feels bruised, and I'll bet he is. I'm personally sorry he is going. He was a wise voice among rabble rousers. --david ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. spy counter-intelligence wild porno sex gold bullion Soviet Bosnia ammonium nitrate fuel oil cocaine assassinate counterfeit destabilize -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]