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Re: FW: Mail forwarding in return for Debian donation



On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 01:28:19PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 09:15:00PM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 01:09:19PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > Fortunately, that is not the case with Canonical.
> > 
> > Yes it is. Fork and forget is Canonical's modus operandi (despite all
> > the PR claiming otherwise).
> 
> Being in a position to know, much more so than yourself, I can say that you
> are mistaken.  I can also point to thousands of lines of patches,
> representing work funded by Canonical, which are now present in Debian or
> filed in debbugs waiting to be merged.

Being in a position of judging the facts without preconceptions, I can
point to plenty more that aren't.

> Handwaving and FUD are no substitute for facts.

Nor are arguments from authority, or a carefully selected sample of
facts.

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