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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:50:00 -0500
From: splite <gentoo@sigint.cs.purdue.edu>
To: Brad Cowan <bcowan@gentoo.org>
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On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 11:40:33PM -0400, Brad Cowan wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:02:38 -0500
> splite <gentoo@sigint.cs.purdue.edu> wrote:
> 
> In regards to your reply, I think it shows quite a bit of ignorance. The

Ignorance of what?  It looks to me like the people involved in Gentoo
are feeling pressured by their rapid growth and rise in popularity to
"grow up" and adopt a more structured approach, hence Mr. Davis' screed.
Am I wrong?

My point was that (IMO) Gentoo's popularity and growth is a direct
result of it being more fun and useful and less political than the
alternatives, especially Debian.

By using Debian as a model (which Mr. Davis referred to several times),
might not you be dooming yourself to their fate-- obsolescence and
irrelevance?

Here's another Intellectual Question (tm):

I.  How many people came to Gentoo from Debian, and why?

> next time why don't you show a little respect

Calling him a boogerhead would have been disrepectful.  I was merely
making a point, though perhaps too obliquely for some.  Got your attention
though, didn't it?

> even some tact to someone

"Tact sucks."	-- Rob Pike

> else's well thought out and worded proposals and ideas.  You might end

It was indeed well worded.  I also appreciate the thought that went into
it, though I don't agree with it.

> up getting some respect for yourself, but you have gained none by me
> with that post.

Oh for Pete's sake, lighten up.  This is a geek mailing list, not the
Federal Register.

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