Re: Are we in this for ourselves?
On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 03:12:10AM -0000, bruce@va.debian.org wrote:
> I agree with everything you say! I don't think I have much choice, though.
> We've let the bad apples become a dominant force in the distribution. It's
> not really an option for me to say "OK, screw things up as much as you like,
> I'll just kiss your butt and try to clean up after you as best as I can".
Have we let the "bad apples" become a dominant force? If you read
debian-devel for the past month or so you might think that. But if
you look at the product - hamm - have things become screwed up? Is
the quality lagging of late?
>From my perspective the answer is a definite _no_, in fact I think the
quality is improving at a phenomenal rate. I also don't think debian
is becoming a less used distribution. Just by looking at the number
of recent new developers it seems clear that debian is expanding.
Perhaps RedHat is expanding at a greater rate but I don't see this as
a problem, as I've never considered RedHat a competiter. I think
Debian best embodies the Linux philosophy of succeeding by being
better.
This is not to say that our efforts do not need a successful marketing
strategy and a strong spokesperson, which is why I would like to add
my voice to those asking you to reconsider. (realizing of course, that
your life isn't a democracy for us to vote on :)
Jim
Jim Mintha, Geography System Administrator, U.B.C.
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