Re: Debian, universal operating system?

["George Danchev" <danchev@spnet.net>]

Quoting "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:

> On 2009-07-26 17:00, Miles Bader wrote:
> > Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> writes:
> > > Agreed. IMHO, it is one of those phrases (along with "Our priority is
> > > our users") that actually means extremely little in practice, except for
> > > generating lots of hot air with nobody agreeing.
> >
> > "Our priority is endless surreal flamewars over minor technicalities"
> > seems about right to me.
>
>
> Anyone who *really* thinks that Debian actually, seriously claims to
> be The One True Universal OS has been in the basement way too long,  
> and needs a little sunshine, drink some beer and go where there are  
> lots of pretty girls.

However, Debian is unique with its (controlled?) expansion in several  
directions (just like the Universe): it is expanding (fast) as  
developers and users, as packages and bugs, and last but not least as  
kernels and libc's ;-). Surely, that looks quite universal to the  
pretty girls.