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Re: slowing down point releases

Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:

> No, you clearly got the point, but like the rest of us (myself included)
> you point out that you don't want to reduce your lack of knowledge on the
> subject. Our jobs here are to develop the software and that takes a
> different mind set that should not be "bothered" by these considerations.

Definitely guilty.

> In the corporate world this is handled by the marketing department.

[shudder] :>

> If we really want Debian to gain "Corporate" acceptance, but are unwilling
> to understand, or cater to, the demands of that environment, then we will
> continue to whine and bemoan the fact that this acceptance is not
> forthcoming. We can't have it both ways. 

No whining here.  I'm happy for Debian to not be first in popularity.

Perhaps we need some value-added (marketing based) distributor to come
up with an alternate name an versioning scheme that makes the
"Corporate" types happy.  They could also have a marketing dept.

Seriously, I think I said all I wanted to, so I'll drop out of this
discussion now, but let me state for the record that I'm not wholesale
opposed to making changes that help Debian commercially as long as
they don't hurt us in the areas we really care about.

> Knowledge IS power, so don't avoid understanding unless you
> absolutely have to.

True.

-- 
Rob


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