On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Ian Perry wrote: > Bruce, > > On the Thursday, 19 March 1998 8:00 you said. > > > > ........................ but I feel that my mission to > > bring free software to the masses really isn't compatible with Debian any > > longer, and that I should be working with one of the more mainstream > > Linux distributions. > > Your statement that "free software to the masses really isn't compatible > with Debian" is disturbing. > > I have spent a considerable amount of time over the last four months > investigating and trialling Debian, over slackware and redhat, as we are in > the near future about to install some serious hardware running under Linux. > Debian, so far, is ahead. > > Can you please clarify your statement, as it appears to point to Debian > going commercial, which will lead to all sorts of nasties.
On slashdot.org[1] I read a quote from Bruce: "My mission is to bring free software to the masses. Unfortunately, that's not where Debian's developers want to go - they are more into making a great system for other hackers like them. There's nothing wrong with that, but the two mission statements don't overlap at all." I think this quote explains why it is incompatible. Don't worry about Debian going commercial. Remco [1] check it out: http://slashdot.org/ This is a cool site where hackers, nerds and other people comment on "News for Nerds on the Stuff that Matters". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
