Re: Sociological question about Debian, GNU, and Linux

2003-11-16 Thread J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 01:09:08 +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 03:36:50PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > > The recent discussions of Red Hat's change of policy got me thinking > > about the larger issue of what makes the Debian, GNU, and Linux > > communities work? Yes, I have

Re: Sociological question about Debian, GNU, and Linux

2003-11-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 01:09:08AM +, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 03:36:50PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > > The recent discussions of Red Hat's change of policy got me thinking > > about the larger issue of what makes the Debian, GNU, and Linux > > communi

Re: Sociological question about Debian, GNU, and Linux

2003-11-15 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 03:36:50PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > The recent discussions of Red Hat's change of policy got me thinking > about the larger issue of what makes the Debian, GNU, and Linux > communities work? Yes, I have read lots of opinions, but I wonder if > anyone knows of some prope

Sociological question about Debian, GNU, and Linux

2003-11-15 Thread Paul E Condon
The recent discussions of Red Hat's change of policy got me thinking about the larger issue of what makes the Debian, GNU, and Linux communities work? Yes, I have read lots of opinions, but I wonder if anyone knows of some proper academic people studies, the sort of thing that might legitimately g