Em Ter, 2002-02-19 às 04:11, Gustavo Noronha Silva escreveu: > On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:29:44 -0700 > "Francis Pineda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1. What is the user base targeted? Is it simply geared towards the > > home-user > > looking for a free OS? Or is it geared more towards the power-user? > "From professionals to professionals", I don't think Debian is > home-user-ready, > but there're lots of people interested in working and helping on that > direction > (like me, for one)... today I'd say Debian is for the power-user > > > 2. Where is Debian located? I understand there are over 800 distrubuters > > nationwide that communicate via e-mail and message boards. But is there a > > specific "home" to debian? > "distributers"? I think the other repliers misunderstood this, or maybe I... > or better... maybe you =) > > there aren't 800+ "distributers", there are 800+ registered Debian Developers, > which are persons offically working on Debian in a volunteer basis > > yes, there's home for Debian it's called "earth" by americans, some people > say "world" to reference that home too... people around the globe have other > names for that home as well... I usually call it 'mundo', or 'terra' =) >
And I don't know which "nation" he was talking about, the 800+ devellopers a scattered around debian's home: the world. (and that's only limited by the fact that no alien candidated yet :) ) Michel. > > Thank You very much and I look forward to joining the wonderful world of > > open > > source OS! > be welcome > > []s! > > -- > Gustavo Noronha Silva - kov <http://www.metainfo.org/kov> > *---------* -+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+-+ > | .''`. | Debian GNU/Linux: <http://www.debian.org> | > | : :' : + Debian BR.......: <http://debian-br.cipsga.org.br>+ > | `. `'` + Q: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" + > | `- | A: "Upstream's decision." -- hmh | > *---------* -+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+-+ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
