Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 9th Aug 2009 19:07 UTC
Earlier this month, we reported that Debian had announced a new release schedule; a freeze during December, a release some time in the first half of the following year. After outcries from the Debian community, the December freeze aspect of the plan was reversed. Since most of the ire about this situation seemed to be directed towards Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth decided to step in and offer to put several Canonical employees to work on Debian instead of Ubuntu.
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2006-03-21
How is it that good for the Linux eco-system? I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Ubuntu doesn't contribute as much to the Linux community as a whole in relationship to its marketshare. Point blank, Ubuntu is the largest home desktop distro, largest OEM installed distro, and gaining significant ground in the server/enterprise field. However, its contributions to the development community are dwarfed by its competitors. Exactly how important is this alliance with Debian? Debian did fine forever without Ubuntu, and it will continue forward without it. Ubuntu needs Debian more than Debian needs Ubuntu.