[UITN] What's next for Debian?

[Myles Green]

> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 09:46:37 -0700
> From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [UITN] What's next for Debian?
> To: sounder at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <20050616164637.GH15989 at alcor.net>
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> On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 02:20:48PM +1000, Rob Sharp wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Some 'Ubuntu in the news' for you:
> > 
> > http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=333
> > 
> > Joe Brockmeier writes mainly about the Debian Sarge release, but also
> > talks about Ubuntu, saying that "In a way, I kind of see Ubuntu as the
> > Debian desktop release.". He goes on to talk about Ubuntu on servers,
> > but "the 18-month lifecycle for Ubuntu isn't quite long enough to suit
> > my needs."
> 
> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/releases/document_view
> 
> "In addition to the regular six-monthly releases, the Ubuntu team may make
> an Enterprise Release (based on an existing time-based release) that has
> received additional stabilisation, polish and translation work. These
> Enterprise Releases will be supported for a longer period than the standard
> 18 month support of the time based releases. Upgrades will be supported from
> enteprise release to enterprise release."

It says that Ubuntu _may_ make an enterprise release which is, as we all
know, much different than saying they _will_ make an enterprise release.
Big Business - or even medium sizeed businesses - are likely going to
want to see something before they buy into it, the proof is in the
pudding.

The above is just my opinion, I'm not a business owner large or small.

Myles
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Myles Green <rmg57 at telus.net>