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Ian Murdock: Debian "Missing a Big Opportunity"

Posted by Hemos on from the tsk-tsk-tsk dept.

Natester writes "While Debian struggles to get its next release (Etch) out the door, the project's founder, Ian Murdock, has spoken out about politics, the lack of firm leadership, and Ubuntu's meteoric rise in prominence. Murdock believes that Debian is "process run amok" — nobody feels empowered to make decisions, leading to the sluggish rate of progress."

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  1. Ian Murdock... by FishWithAHammer · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Ian Murdock was the reason I first tried Debian, after disastrous experience with early RedHat builds. Read an interview, he seemed like a good guy and knew how to run a project.

    Debian's meteoric rise in suckitude correlates very well with Murdock's departure and the further stepping away from the way he ran things.

    Ubuntu is the new Debian--even despite its often-busted packages and all.

    --
    "You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time."
  2. There is no "winning" in their spocial contract... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Ian Murdock from Debian fame feels the urge to win the war of distributions.

    News at 11.

  3. Re:Ian Murdock to join Sun by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You're calling Solaris a real OS?

    You're joking, right? Solaris is probably the worst "real" Unix out there. Compared to HPUX/AIX (or even Tru64) it's pretty lame.

  4. Not a brand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I think of Debian as a packaging system, not a brand. So nowadays when I want to install a debian box, I start with a Ubuntu CD.
    At a previous employer, I even implemented a dpkg-based packaging system for Solaris, and from time to time, referred to it informally
    as "debian". It never occurred to me until this morning that the debian folks wanted to be protective of their position.