Re: debian on distrowatch
On 01/28/2002 02:44:21 PM srivasta wrote:
>> >>"Ladislav" == Ladislav Bodnar <ladislav@distrowatch.com> writes:
>>
>> Ladislav> What about the "origin" in its true meaning? Is Ian Murdock
>> Ladislav> American?
>>
>> Yes, Ian Murdock us an American, but from the very inception
>> the project had an international working body
>>
>> Ladislav> I am just trying to put a country to each distro, simply
>> Ladislav> because all other distributions have some sort of a base,
>> Ladislav> if you like. But if more people disagree with placing USA
>> Ladislav> in the Debian "origin" cell, then I will remove it.
>>
>> Could we not just put Terra in there?
>>
Per Edward's post 2 July 2001 on the debian-curiosa list:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-curiosa/2001/debian-curiosa-200107/msg00000.html
Debian's "center of mass" was calculated to be approximately in Greenland.
Therefore, I suggest the use of Greenland as our "source".
More details may be available at:
http://people.debian.org/~edward/average
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