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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. The problem with Debian by wiredog · · Score: 4, Funny

    is Deb and Ian. That's what an IBM guy told me at FOSE a few years back.

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  2. Re:Firm Leadership by athloi · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought Open Source was about each of us having it our way instead. Compilation without representation is tyranny!

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  3. Wait a minute.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    by Anonymous Coward
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    I'm a long time Linux user, developer, and advocate.
    = WTF? Not every linux dev is a slashdot user?
  4. Re:Ian Murdock to join Sun by glittalogik · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alright, which one of you is Spartacus?

  5. Re:Firm Leadership by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 3, Funny

    And then when someone finally does go ahead and pick a colour it's the ugliest brown you've ever seen. Yeesh, what were they thinking?

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