On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 01:20 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 13:04:45 -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > > Does that represent the Debian position? I'd very much like to know. > > If so, I'll continue to use it in server applications and stop > > recommending it to friends who are not computer professionals. That > > would certainly make my life easier and Microsoft more profitable. > > The official Debian position can be found here: > http://www.debian.org/social_contract > > Achieving world domination by providing a drop-in replacement for > Windows is not on the agenda. Don't get me wrong, you raise many good > points, but I don't understand why the task to provide an operating > system for Aunt Tilly should be assigned to Debian. There are already a > number of Debian-derived distros which do quite a reasonable job at > that. The ideal operating system should of course be "easy", "powerful" > and "secure", but in real life you have to focus on two of these three > properties and make sacrifices with respect to the third. I much prefer > if Debian continues to emphasize being powerful and secure.
I very much agree. To me the Linux distribution that Debian has become is very impressive, and I hope that continues. And if Debian is able to become more user-friendly, that is good. Seth, I agree with you as well, so long as user-friendliness does not interfere with "powerful" and "secure" as stated. It might be good to consider how many Windows users are capable of installing Windows... I know many people who use Windows but are not, however, capable of reinstalling Windows. I think that Debian at its current state is capable of replacing Windows in that way. The user would have to learn a bit, but how much are users going to have to learn in order to use Vista? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
