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Debian Not Looking For Commercial Fortune

Posted by timothy on from the but-they've-found-it-anyhow-really dept.

Geoffery writes "Some analysts foresee a less than rosy future for projects such as Debian, claiming free coding is all well and good, but that without a solid financial backing — such as the models adopted by Red Hat and to a greater degree Novell/Suse — Debian will ultimately hit a brick wall. ZDNet interviews Steve McIntyre, the new man leading the organization on issues of 'community registrations' and future plans."

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  1. Non-profit group does not seek profit by Daishiman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    News at 11.

  2. They Could Make a Shuttle's Worth of Money by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Funny

    If only they could agree on who "They" were. :-)

    Heck, with some old sid packaging contibutions, I am a "They".

    Don't f*ck with Deb. You'll bring down six or seven other distros downstream.

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