Re: Anarchy! Yes, Anarchy!
Hi,
>>"Dave" == Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com> writes:
Dave> Bull. It puts other at odds with the 'officials' in the
Dave> project. There is no reason someone couldn't have come up with
Dave> this 'stable' release CD on their own. There is no reseason
Dave> Bruce could not have done it, and offered it in his personal
Dave> capacity.
Bruce is not offering an Official CD. Debian is. Is that so
hard to understand?
Dave> If you buy a CD that says 1.3 on it you can't be sure what
Dave> you're getting. Was that the 1.3 that had a bug with XX peice of
Dave> hardware and couldn't install. Hiding things from the users is
Dave> typical Microsoft, large company, marketing *tatics* They don't
Dave> care if it runs, just that you buy the product. That's not
Dave> right. Certainly not for a (supposedly) free software project.
When we say version X, we mean version X -- the intent is
never to have a versioned release be mutable. Yes, we made a
mistake. If you think it damns us forever, Redhat makes a fine
distribution. Hope you have better luck with it.
Dave> Listen, getting CD's out is a good thing. But:
Dave> A) It is not right for Debian Inc, to have an official part in
Dave> it.
In you opinion.
Dave> B) The distribution should not change to suite the needs of
Dave> cookie cutters.
I dn't see why not, as long as it retains the technical
qualities. After all, CD retailers are Debian users too, just like
anyone on this list. I have no interest in discriminating against any
group of users.
manoj
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