Re: why debian
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 22:45:25 +0000, Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 08:53:58PM -0600, Tim Kelley wrote:
> > On Friday 12 November 2004 02:11, ken keanon wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > There are so many distros out there its confusing. Any reason(s) why Debian
> > > should be the preferred choice?
> > >
> > > Any statistics from any source(s) to proof the popularity of Debian?
> > >
> > > I'm in the dark waiting to be enlightened.
> >
> > Well, first, some very general things:
> [...]
> > 2. Debian is a democratic organization, this means they cannot change
> > directions suddenly, are not subject to the whims of an executive, and will
> > not incur massive upsets in the user base nor in its developers.
>
> Debian isn't a true democracy. We elect our leader, and thereafter
> the leader acts under his own accord.
He acts in our name.
>
> The recent leaders have generally taken a hands-off approach so you
> probably don't really notice they're even there. However, I believe
> some leaders before my time (Bruce Perens, for example), were much more
> active and took more advantage of their power.
A representative democracy is generally still considered a democracy.
"True Democracy" (direct democracy, iirc) like you seem to be
referring to (everybody decides together on everything) is unwieldy
and impractical.
greets,
Wim
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