Re: Debian, universal operating system?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-07-27 01:11, George Danchev wrote:
> 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.

If you go all etymological, then I guess you *could* say that Debian 
actually *is* a universal OS.  Just like that pesky BSD, which, 
according to Netcraft, is dead.

Universe \U"ni*verse\, n. [L. universum, from universus
   universal; unus one + vertere, versum, to turn, that is,
   turned into one, combined into one whole; cf. F. univers. See
   {One}, and {Verse}.]

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