Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 1st May 2007 22:00 UTC, submitted by m_yates
Debian and its clones Progeny Linux has shut down. The notice on the webpage reads: "We are sorry to inform you that Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. ceased operations April 30, 2007." OSNews reader m_yates informed us that the following email was sent to the Progeny mailing list: "We are sad to inform you that Progeny Linux Systems is ceasing operations. This mailing list that we are hosting will be closed and decommissioned later tonight, Eastern Daylight Time. If you want the list archives, please download them now. Thank you."
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by Lunitik on Wed 2nd May 2007 14:50 UTC in reply to "a"
Lunitik
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2005-08-07

He did a lot for modern distro's, most now follow is idea's...

He was never for the community process currently in place with Debian though, he was only ever interested in the technological side of Debian.

He thought Componentized Linux could work, but he didn't have the best foundation for that (I believe the rPath approach is superior).

He gets too much credit in many ways, what Debian is today is not a reflection of him - I don't think he even lasted long enough for the current iterations of dpkg and apt to be written.

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