Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 19th Mar 2007 19:33 UTC, submitted by M-Saunders
Debian and its clones Debian Etch moves ever closer, and Ian Murdock - the project's founder - has been interviewed about Debian's politics, its lack of strong leadership, and Ubuntu's ever-growing fame. He feels that Debian is too enveloped in process and politics, making it impossible for anybody to make big decisions, thereby hindering the pace of development. In addition, on his weblog Murdock has announced he is joining Sun.
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Debian's selling point is its undoing.
by shykid on Mon 19th Mar 2007 20:11 UTC
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2007-02-22

Debian's democratic process, strict developer guidelines, and rigorous testing (and the resulting stability and quality of the OS) is what makes Debian, well, Debian.

I do think that a predictable release schedule would be a good idea--perhaps a new major version every year.