Re: [gentoo-dev] Tone in Gentoo

[Angelo Arrifano <miknix@gentoo.org>]

On 17-06-2010 12:08, Angelo Arrifano wrote:
> On 17-06-2010 11:51, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:32:51 +0200
>> Sebastian Pipping <sping@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>> I wouldn't feel to bad if Gentoo is widely recognized as the
>>> distribution with the most friendly community around in 2011.
>>
>> Wouldn't you rather it be recognised as the distribution with the best
>> product?
>>
> 
> When I read that, the first question that was raised on me was:
> - The best product for what, whom?
> We can't simply put all possible Gentoo applications and users in one bag.
> 
> Is it really good to think on Gentoo as a product? Can we do like Apple
> and treat our users like crap while still making them use our product?
> *No!*
> Unless we provide locking, GNU/Linux users will always have a choice.
> That choice can be to join the Gentoo community, or leave it.
> 
> - Angelo
> 

I apologize for replying to self but I felt we should all remember *what
is Gentoo*. Or at least what it used to be..

http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/about.xml

"What is Gentoo?

Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that
can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any
application or need. Extreme configurability, performance and a
top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo
experience.

(...)

*Of course, Gentoo is more than just the software it provides. It is a
community built around a distribution* which is driven by more than 300
developers and thousands of users. The distribution project provides the
means for the users to enjoy Gentoo: documentation, infrastructure
(mailinglists, site, forums ...), release engineering, software porting,
quality assurance, security followup, hardening and more.
"