how does a novice begin with debian? Tom
On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 6:26 AM, Nate Bargmann <n...@n0nb.us> wrote: > I appreciate your position, Conrad. > > I will close with this. There are still threats regardless of the > (fortunately) stupefying way the SCO lawsuits went. Microsoft has been > waving the patent threat over Android and getting hardware suppliers > that incorporate Android into their products to sign agreements and pay > MS. Perhaps I have not been paying attention but I have not seen what > patents are supposedly being infringed upon, if any. What do the > alleged patents cover? I don't know. Could they cover the kernel or > userspace common to Debian and other distributions or do they cover > Android userspace? If it's the latter, it is not of much concern of > Debian but the former would be important to know. That we don't know > makes me think that this is little more than a revenue stream shakedown > on the part of MS, but I cannot believe that with certainty. > > One thing about Debian is that for those who believe strongly about it > and the community, the door is open to becoming a Debian Developer and > being able to participate in the project. So far I have not had that > desire so I remain a user and watch from the bleachers. Part and parcel > to that is accepting what the developers decide and if some change is > intolerable, look elsewhere. So far elsewhere has led me back to > Debian. > > Perhaps this is the best part of Debian, it's community can contain a > wide swath of opinion and yet the project continues to produce an > excellent product. > > - Nate > > -- > > "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all > possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." > > Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131110132641.gi4...@n0nb.us > >
