Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 9th Sep 2006 19:54 UTC
Mark Shuttleworth writes on his blog: "I'm of the opinion that Ubuntu could not exist without Debian. So it's absolutely my intention to see that Ubuntu is a constructive part of the broader Debian landscape. It's vital that Ubuntu help to sustain and grow Debian, because it's the breadth and strength of Debian which make up the 'shoulders of greatness' on which we in the Ubuntu community stand when we reach for the stars."
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RE: Jealousy is such a human emotion
by DigitalAxis on Sun 10th Sep 2006 15:36
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I don't think the problem is really about politics, but about (understandable) jealousy. It was never Debian's goal to "achieve world domination" and now that a Debian fork seems to be going in that direction, it's too bad, from some Debian people's point of view, that the Debian name and signature isn't on it. After all, there is no issue between Debian and Linspire or Xandros, for example.
, that Debian can't profit from Linux desktop growth. The only way to change that for Debian is to embrace such an installer after all. I think they're working on that, so they might try to launch a little hype around it.
I'd be jealous too, I think, if I were a Debian developer.
So, the GPL is not meant for jealous people. Debian is a great project, but in a world where the Linux hype is coming from new users embracing easy-to-install distro's, it is simply a result of Debian's lack of interest in making a simple, easy and powerful, Suse-style graphical installer (and no questions about screen resolution, please
If that's really what they want.
And I'm sorry, I just can't find anything evil here in Shuttleworth's attitude.