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Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide



On Tue 26 Aug 2014 at 19:08:32 -0400, Doug wrote:

> 
> On 08/26/2014 05:36 PM, David Guntner wrote:
> 
> /snip/
> >
> >The whole systemd debate on *debian-user list* is ridiculous
> >anyway, IMO.  Some people really like it, and some people really
> >hate it, and it rages on and on and on - and ultimately won't make
> >ONE bit of difference.  This is a USER list - the bulk of the
> >Debian developers (you know, the people who actually put the
> >packages together and decide what going to be or not going to be
> >part of the official distribution) aren't even ON this list, so
> >they don't see the arguments being made one way or another, which
> >means they won't have any impact on whether or not Debian goes
> >that way.
> >
> /smip/
> >
> >                     --Dave
> >
> >
> I guess it never occurred to me that the devs at Debian, and I
> suppose it's true of the other distros also, never see the users'
> comments.

Never occured to you? I am well aware that the "devs" are not hanging on
my every word.

> Maybe that's why they are incorporating software that (I would guess
> from the emails) a rather large percentage of _users_  do  _not_
> want.

Bad guess; most people don't care. They just want a system that boots.

> It has been my belief for some time that the devs, having delivered
> a good solid operating system now have little to do, and they spend
> their time "improving"  and "fixing" what ain't broke!  And
> forgetting the old adage, "If you play with anything long enough
> you'll break it!"

Your beliefs are unfounded.


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