oneline article: "Debian Alliance on The Horizon"

[Etienne Goyer]

Jeff Waugh wrote:
> 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. :-)

Or so you think.  Witness all the Win9x still being used in many 
organizations today, in 2005.    I had been a support monkey many moons 
ago, and I can testify that desktop OS upgrade is straining for both the 
IT staff, as it's troublesome and time-consuming, and for the poor 
end-users, who have to adapt to a new working environement.  That's why 
it's constantly pushed back, especially in smaller organisation that do 
not have the staff and expertise to automate large-scale upgrade.

A stable desktop platform is precisely what is needed for Linux on the 
desktop to make any inroad in the corporate world (where, you know, 
human beings work).  RHEL WS and Novell Linux Desktop where good 
candidate for this, now I am happy to see we will get a community 
alternative in Ubuntu 6.04.  Cheers !