Re: Debian trademark [was: Debian GNU/w32, may ready to be started?]
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Peter Mathiasson wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 12:04:33PM -0600, Ean Schuessler wrote:
> > Regardless of what we call it I think that a Debianization of w32 Free
> > Software would be a genuine Good Thing(tm). We have a stable of Windows
> > users here that we cannot move to Linux for one reason or another
> > (Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop, 3D StudioMax, etc.) and it would
> > be a boon if we could apt-get install various Free tools on their
> > machines.
>
> Wouldn't it be better to help making wine support thoose applications?
> Or, even better of course, make free compatible software.
While they are both great ideas, the don't speak to M$ users wishes to run
free software on their OS. This port provides Free Software that runs on
their platform. This is, to me, a good thing to do. We are, after all, in
the "business" of providing Free Software to as many people as we possibly
can, aren't we?
Luck,
Dwarf
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