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On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 12:29 +0000, Peter wrote: |
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> We can disagree on that point. All distros are businesses. Users are |
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> customers. No users, no distro. |
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That is not strictly true. You can have a distro without users -- |
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nobody but you would be using it -- it's still a distro. It all depends |
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on what you expect out of the project. I think Sejo's got the right |
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idea this time -- this distro is just a community, and that's how it's |
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run (well, it's run more like a commune, but anyway). If it were run |
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like a business, the behaviour would be a lot different (and a lot more |
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closed). For starters, there would actually be a leadership situation |
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in place. You can argue that Gentoo *began* its life as a business, but |
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the past three years have been far removed from that paradigm. |
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Thanks, |
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Seemant Kulleen |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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