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Re: A rather radical beta-test announcement for you to consider

On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:

> Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > 
> > > OK - I heard that. How about "Debian: The Linux Base System".
> > >
> > Sounds great to me!
> 
> Blech!
> 
> For goodness sake - Debian is a fantastic name.  It's *much*
> better than Debian/GNU Linux,  it's *much* better than the BASE
> LINUX SYSTEM. Lots of people know Debian - for better or worse.
> 
> I can understand that there is a knee-jerk reaction towards
> changing the name simply because of the fall-out with the FSF,

Ah.  You appear to have misunderstood.  This wasn't a knee-jerk decision 
at all - Bruce was planning this over two months ago; and it's not just 
a name-change for the sake of a name-change: it's a change in emphasis - 
Bruce wants to change the way people think about our system.

Although I like the name Debian, and would like to keep it in some form, 
the disadvantage of "Debian: The Linux Base System" is that it will get 
shortened to Debian; don't get me wrong, I don't mind that, but it 
doesn't get the effect Bruce was looking for - people will still think of 
it as the old Debian, rather than the base of all good new distributions.

I think the Debian Association should keep its name - that avoids 
domain/mailing-list naming changes/problems, but I'm not quite sure of 
the answer to this one.

Nikhil.