Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
On 04/03/08 15:39, Ivan Savcic wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>> > So to wrap this long rant up, less people use Debian? Who cares!
>> > People who use it *know* why they use it. Why try to "sell" a distro
>> > to people who are still impressed by CFLAGS and a ton of eye-candy?
>> > That extra 1% of performance, but occasional crashes? Who tweak their
>> > systems all day long, but are doing essentially nothing?
>>
>> That smells of elitism. (Not that I mind...)
>
> No, it's just you can't have all. It's a matter of compromise. A "pick
> two" game, if you wish. And Debian simply can't please everyone. The
> point is, why be bothered by that? Debian set it's goals and a
> corresponding target group was gathered around them. And a good one,
> if you ask me.
Because it's "elitist" to not want to please all the people all the
time...
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
We want... a Shrubbery!!
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
iD8DBQFH9URiS9HxQb37XmcRAsG2AJ9OBVrE4whstGyBaOWbWQlSF7ZCigCcCaN8
SvbtiSB6BQ3tMyGTIQw47uc=
=l5St
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Reply to: