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On Monday 06 June 2005 16:55, Aron Griffis wrote: |
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> I think that attempting to take Gentoo in the "enterprise" direction |
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> is a mistake. I think that we are a hobbyist distribution. This |
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> doesn't mean that we should not strive to meet some of the enterprise |
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> goals. Those things can be important to hobbyists too. But I don't |
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> think we should be aiming for corporate America. |
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I've always felt Gentoo is better as a base or platform. There's certainly |
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enough power in the tools we provide for anyone to roll something |
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"enterprise" based upon our work. Or for any other purpose, including |
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binary-only. |
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Much in the same way as there are numerous distros that ARE Debian -- |
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derived from and cooperative with, but not separate from. |
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People could always try to fork, too, but many of us know how well that |
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went for people who have tried... |
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Cheers, |
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Dylan Carlson [absinthe@g.o] |
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