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Re: Alternate OSes based on Debian



On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 08:17:03PM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Dec 26 2004, Mauro Darida wrote:
> > The folks there should change the name: I would never use a thing
> > named _ubuntu_. Btw, Hurd is a name as horrible as ubuntu.
> 
> And what about using something called Debian? Is that a "good name" or a
> "commercially feasible name"?

Sure, and versions named "potato" and "slink" and "etch" sure sound
professional, don't they?  What a weird criterion to use.

Hell "unix" is a joke name, it's just old enough that people don't
think about it much.
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Carl Fink             carl@fink.to        
Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading
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