[clue-talk] The original Debian announcement

[David Rudder]

Nate Duehr wrote:
> So... what do you guys/gals think?  The original goals of the project?
> 
> A+?  C-?  F?  What's the grade?

I'm more of a Fedora user, but I think the original goals of Debian were
very successful.  More importantly than setting these goals for a
distro, they set them for the industry.  Debian may not be easier to
install than Fedora, or slimmer or whatever.  But that's because Debian
challenged Fedora to get it right.  It's a credit to both that Fedora
rose to the challenge.

That's not saying Fedora is perfect, but it's a heck of a lot better
than it would have been without Debian.  I think that applies to all
serious desktop distros.

-Dave

> 
> You guys have seen my comments about "quality vs. quantity" lately in
> regards to Linux... did Debian stray away from Ian's original intent?
> 
> Further comment; thoughts -- the current "Social Contact" is here:
> http://www.debian.org/social_contract
> 
> Also I found it telling and/or sad, that not a single named person is
> listed as being a part of the Quality Assurance team within the
> organization:
> 
> http://www.debian.org/intro/organization
> 
> Interesting stuff... looking back 15 years... isn't it?
> 
> Nate
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