A Big Thank You to all OSS Developers (especially Debian Developers)
Hi all,
I realize that this is a technical forum, and I have something
technically useful to contribute (in the sense of offering motivation to
keep going full steam): my heartfelt thanks for all the efforts given by
Debian Developers.
I've carefully written a technically detailed "Thank You" letter
explaining why I'm so grateful for the efforts going into Debian
GNU/Linux in particular, and for all OSS in general:
http://annexia.ca/Members/Dustin/Articles/Cultural/BigThankYou
I also post this here to possibly brighten your day. If your day is
bright enough, then by all means, move along. :)
Here's a sample snippet from the end:
"Most of all, I want to thank the Debian developers, whom I feel are the
most altruistic and giving of all OSS developers (look at the extra mile
they go to support all those architectures, languages, and releases).
As a Debian developer/maintainer, you live up to standards of technical
quality far beyond what even the largest corporations adhere to. How
amazing it is that without being directly paid, you often do a far
better job than paid professionals who are (ie. witness what a pain it
can be to install most commercial software in Linux, which is rarely
packaged in a given distro's native format). You uphold a constitution
that embodies high ideals of human compassion, even if it's in a deeply
geeky way that most cannot appreciate. As various commercial Linux
distributions come and go, blowing in the wind from varying economic
forces, it's safe to say that Debian (which is non-commercial) will
stand the test of time. To all Debian developers, I want to say thanks
for working towards such a rock solid, comprehensive, sustainable
distribution that I'll probably still be using when I'm old and grey."
Enjoy, and Cheers,
Dustin Harriman
http://annexia.ca
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