I think you'll have to take different types of users into account to find an acceptable answer.
The first type of user can be described as the purist. The poweruser who knows Linux inside out and has chosen Debian for exactly that reason. This type of user knows what he wants, and chooses his software for exactly that reason. He/she likes to tinker with it, and loves to spend hours and hours tweaking his system.
For instance: among the readers of this reply there are many people who probably choose Window Maker 'cause they like the way it behaves, that you can configure it to behave in the way that YOU want, etc... there will be many others who choose Enlightenment because it's flashier, etc... We didn't have the window manager discussions for no reason.
The other type of user is the corporate kind. The user here has lots and lots of work to do, and doesn't want to spend hours and hours on installing and then maintaining the OS of his choice. Even though the user might like this, and want to do this, his time is expensive and sparse.
The last type of user is the kind who sees an OS as a tool, he wants to spend as little time on it as possible so he can get on with other tasks, that he finds more important. Take a gamer for instance, he doesn't want to spend hours on installing and tweaking, but wants to get down to playing his games... Or a video editor, who wants to fix up his latest video project. Or a coder...
In conclusion, it is great to have a choice! If there are people who'll choose debian because there's a commercial version available that facilitates setup and management, why not? I think the people that'll choose Debian in stead of RH, because they HAVE the choice, they'll be better off.
I can still remember the first video recorder my dad bought (when I was five), it had a remote on a wire. It was great fun to play with while watching tv (and when you're a bit overactive I guess)...
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I think you'll have to take different types of users into account to find an acceptable answer.
The first type of user can be described as the purist. The poweruser who knows Linux inside out and has chosen Debian for exactly that reason. This type of user knows what he wants, and chooses his software for exactly that reason. He/she likes to tinker with it, and loves to spend hours and hours tweaking his system.
For instance: among the readers of this reply there are many people who probably choose Window Maker 'cause they like the way it behaves, that you can configure it to behave in the way that YOU want, etc... there will be many others who choose Enlightenment because it's flashier, etc... We didn't have the window manager discussions for no reason.
The other type of user is the corporate kind. The user here has lots and lots of work to do, and doesn't want to spend hours and hours on installing and then maintaining the OS of his choice. Even though the user might like this, and want to do this, his time is expensive and sparse.
The last type of user is the kind who sees an OS as a tool, he wants to spend as little time on it as possible so he can get on with other tasks, that he finds more important. Take a gamer for instance, he doesn't want to spend hours on installing and tweaking, but wants to get down to playing his games... Or a video editor, who wants to fix up his latest video project. Or a coder...
In conclusion, it is great to have a choice! If there are people who'll choose debian because there's a commercial version available that facilitates setup and management, why not? I think the people that'll choose Debian in stead of RH, because they HAVE the choice, they'll be better off.
I can still remember the first video recorder my dad bought (when I was five), it had a remote on a wire. It was great fun to play with while watching tv (and when you're a bit overactive I guess)...