Re: I am leaving Debian

1998-03-20 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Mashao) wrote on 20.03.98 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Bruce will sorely be missed by us. His departure will indeed make people > re-evaluate whether Debian is stable enough to operate or one should > indeed be looking for products controlled in the Red Hat manner. May I p

Re: I am leaving Debian

1998-03-20 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Mar 20, 1998 at 12:33:58AM -0300, Nelson Posse Lago wrote: > I'd like to know if what Remco Blaakmeer mentioned is indeed the problem > point, namely the fact that the developers are more interested in > developing a great hacker system and not a general purpose user system > and, if so, I'

Re: I am leaving Debian

1998-03-20 Thread Daniel Mashao
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 softw

Re: I am leaving Debian

1998-03-20 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Ian Perry wrote: > Your statement that "free software to the masses really isn't > compatible with Debian" is disturbing. i think he said that it is incompatible with his vision. > I have spent a considerable amount of time over the last four months > investigating and trial

Re: I am leaving Debian

1998-03-20 Thread john
Richard writes: > I don't know the details of the war that led to Bruce's decision. There was no "war". > 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. Ian Jackson has been our leader for some time now.

Re: I am leaving Debian

1998-03-20 Thread Nelson Posse Lago
On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Bruce Perens wrote: > I would counsel against panic. There are 300 developers, and some of them > are _smart_. Nobody was essential, especially me. Ok, I tried not to get into this, but I feel the need for some information on the issue. I'd like to know if what Remco Blaakme

Re: I am leaving Debian

1998-03-20 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Ian Perry wrote: > Bruce, > > On the Thursday, 19 March 1998 8:00 you said. > > > > 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 m

Re: I am leaving Debian

1998-03-20 Thread Ian Perry
Bruce, On the Thursday, 19 March 1998 8:00 you said. > > 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. Your statement

Re: I am leaving Debian

1998-03-19 Thread Bruce Perens
I would counsel against panic. There are 300 developers, and some of them are _smart_. Nobody was essential, especially me. Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I am leaving Debian

1998-03-19 Thread Bruce Perens
> I'd like to know what will happen to the Debian trademark and > the logo as well as the hardware and other (non-human)resources > Debian Project currently has? Will they remain with Debian? Regarding hardware, SPI owns one disk drive, I think. All other hardware is owned by the people who do

Re: I am leaving Debian

1998-03-19 Thread R.A. Sevenich
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 deve

Re: I am leaving Debian

1998-03-19 Thread Tommi Kaariainen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens) writes: > 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

Re: I am leaving Debian

1998-03-19 Thread DAVID B. TEAGUE
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

I am leaving Debian

1998-03-18 Thread Bruce Perens
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 f