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Re: Press Release: Debian turns 17



MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> writes:

> > Gabriella Coleman wrote:
> > > the official project history states;[0] "The Debian Project was
> > > officially founded by Ian Murdock on August 16th, 1993. At that time,
> > > the whole concept of a "distribution" of Linux was new. Ian intended
> > > Debian to be a distribution which would be made openly, in the spirit of
> > > Linux and GNU".
>
> (Nesting ""s is a bit confusing - switch one set to single ''s?)

Or better, use typographically-correct quotation marks throughout, which
nest without problems.

    “The Debian Project was officially founded by Ian Murdock on August
    16th, 1993. At that time, the whole concept of a “distribution” of
    Linux was new. Ian intended Debian to be a distribution which would
    be made openly, in the spirit of Linux and GNU.”

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