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[Jim Kissel]

Alan Pope wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 09:57:36AM +0100, Jim Kissel wrote:
>> So do I, but some people at the local LUG have taken exception to it. 
> 
> Heh. Linux User Groups are a great melting pot of opinions. They're great 
> for just this kind of zealotary stuff. :) and :(
> 
>> Even worse, I once commented to the effect that Ubuntu was the 
>> same/similar to Debian.  I got my head handed to me on a platter for 
>> that one, but oddly enough Ian Murdock thinks that Ubuntu-Debian are the 
>>   same.  "I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian"  Ian Murdock, Linux Format, 
>> LXF92 May 2007.
>>
> 
> It's been said to me that Ian Murdock has been somewhat irrelavent to the 
> Linux (and indeed Debian) community for some years now, and very soon Sun 
> will realise that and want to sell him back to us.

I realize that Ian hasn't been active in the Debian development for some 
time.  I didn't realise he was considered irrelevant by some members of 
the Linux/Debian community.  raison d'etre?

> 
> Cheers,
> Al.
> 

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