oneline article: "Debian Alliance on The Horizon"

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Ed Cogburn">

> On a serious note, this just demonstrates that Debian the organization is
> still only interested in Debian as a Server OS, and continues to explain
> and justify the existence of Ubuntu.  Debian is Debian for servers and
> sysadmins, Ubuntu is Debian for everyone else, and as long as Debian the
> organization remains hostile/indifferent to a Debian for end-users, Ubuntu
> will live long and prosper(*)...

Check the recent Ubuntu Foundation announcement... 6.04 will have a five
year support lifecycle. Quick hint: Desktops don't need five year support
lifecycles. :-)

> (*) I still wish the Ubuntu folk hadn't chosen to restrict Ubuntu to just
> one desktop environment, which just limits Ubuntu's potential market in the
> long run (but not in the short term).

Note that the Kubuntu KDE packages are all in Ubuntu main. I'd disagree with
your assessment though -> short term, having Ubuntu and Kubuntu is good for
our market share, because it still matters. Long term, it's going to become
far less relevant (and require more work with a vastly lower ROI). Just my
personal opinion, of course. :-)

- Jeff

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