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Mark Hahn hahn at mcmaster.ca
Tue Jul 1 12:19:24 PDT 2008


>>> does it necessarily have to be a redhat clone. can it also be a debian
>>> based
>>> clone?
>>
>> but why?  is there some concrete advantage to using Debian?
>> I've never understood why Debian users tend to be very True Believer,
>> or what it is that hooks them.
>
> And the Debian users can say the same thing about Red Hat users. Or SUSE

very nice!  an excellent parody of the True Believer response.

but I ask again: what are the reasons one might prefer using debian?
really, I'm not criticizing it - I really would like to know why it 
would matter whether someone (such as ClusterVisionOS (tm)) would 
use debian or another distro.



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