Re: A Description of Debian for a presentation

2001-06-15 Thread James R. Van Zandt
> Produce a conservative distribution > well tested before release > has relatively few bugs > those bugs that do exist are well publicized I would add: open bug management system documented policies that favor: flexibility (e.g. `alternativ

A Description of Debian for a presentation

2001-06-07 Thread Nancy Blachman
I am preparing a presentation about Linux and Open Source Software for HP sales people and sales engineers. I am including information about the 5 distributions that HP offers, i.e., Debian Caldera Red Hat SuSE Turbolinux Below is an outline of the inform

Re: A Description of Debian for a presentation

2001-06-07 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 05:31:06PM -0700, Nancy Blachman wrote: > Few of the developers have met in person Actually, most developers have met at least one other developer, in order to get firm identification of them for the purpose of signing their gpg (cryptographic) key. (Such keys are

Re: A Description of Debian for a presentation

2001-06-07 Thread Colin Watson
Nancy Blachman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >DEBIAN > >- Where did the name come from? > > The name Debian comes from Debbie and Ian (... Murdock; Ian founded the distribution.) >- What is Debian's reputation? > > Best known for > ties to GNU project >strict r

Re: A Description of Debian for a presentation

2001-06-07 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Colin Watson wrote: > Nancy Blachman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The name Debian comes from Debbie and Ian > > (... Murdock; Ian founded the distribution.) It's Deborah iirc. Wichert. -- _ / Nothing is

Re: A Description of Debian for a presentation

2001-06-07 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010606 13:52]: > > > The name Debian comes from Debbie and Ian > It's Deborah iirc. Debra -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A Description of Debian for a presentation

2001-06-07 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Debra Debra is short-hand for Deborah. Wichert. -- _ / Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liacs.nl/~wichert/ | |

Re: A Description of Debian for a presentation

2001-06-07 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 02:35:50PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > Debra > > Debra is short-hand for Deborah. So is Debbie :) -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification

Re: A Description of Debian for a presentation

2001-06-07 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Josip Rodin wrote: > So is Debbie :) True, but if we document something we should use the official name imho. Wichert. -- _ / Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A Description of Debian for a presentation

2001-06-07 Thread Martin Schulze
Josip Rodin wrote: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 02:35:50PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > > Debra > > > > Debra is short-hand for Deborah. > > So is Debbie :) Oh c'mon people... Regards, Joey -- It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry.