The Debian Problem

If you have time, read this: http://blog.madduck.net/debian/2006.05.24-ubuntu-and-debian

Great little article on what is wrong with Debian and Ubuntu. Too bad the author of that article just doesn't get it.

Is a committee going to really help the problem? Are more meeting and less work really going to help Debian be the best that it is going to be. So much of Debian is still great, but so much of it has become a big joke.

This part is my favorite:

If I may add a thought that has come up lately (it's not only mine): a derivative like Ubuntu, namely one pushing Debian to the desktop, is an important asset for Debian. However, the only way this is going to work from the Debian perspective is as a mutual effort. If Canonical/Ubuntu do not realise this, maybe another derivative has to step in to fill the void?

Wow. Yet another derivative distro. The stupidity and arrogance is way beyond me. Why not create more work for the Debian project? Hey guys - let's reinvent the wheel one more time.