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On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:28:31 +1000 |
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Sam Jorna <wraeth@g.o> wrote: |
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> Wouldn't it make more sense to make Gentoo *more* attractive to run in |
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> corporate environments, rather than simply saying "We're not RHEL so |
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> why bother"? |
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No disagreement. That has always been my interest. Though has not been |
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others. It was in part why I became a trustee. For things like vendor |
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certified hardware, looking into certifications, events, and a whole |
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lot more. But people rather lambast, insult, and stand in the way rather |
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than either get out of the way or work with me. |
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It surely could happen without me but has not. I am definitely not |
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against such happening. But it would require tremendous change and |
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leadership. Which I do not see ever changing. I wish things were |
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otherwise. |
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> People do use Gentoo in production environments, both personally and |
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> professionally, even if it is those that have more investment in doing |
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> so than the average IT Joe. By removing stable, we would be reducing |
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> the potential arguments for the few who do want to use Gentoo in that |
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> sort of environment. We would be becoming more of a niche distro. |
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Preaching to the choir. That is not why companies I know who ran Gentoo |
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are leaving or left. One told me they did not want to be in the |
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operating system business. Stable or not, there are fewer companies |
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running Gentoo that were before. Due to other reasons that are not |
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changing, culture, etc. |
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Companies that run it today I doubt would change if stable went away. |
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If they left Gentoo, they have many reasons far beyond lack of a stable |
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branch/tree. |
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> "Hey, lets try Gentoo - it's really configurable." |
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> "What's their stable policy? How often does it break?" |
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> "Stable? What's that?" |
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How about no foundation. Not even a legal entity. No certifications |
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from vendors, nor for employees. No one to hire for official support. |
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There are so many things far beyond anything having to do with a stable |
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tree or not. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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