[Sussex] Will Debian survive the rise of Linux?

[Gordon Darling]

This should provoke some imteresting comments. :)

http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=212&page=1

"Early 2004 is going to be make-or-break time for Debian.

In mid 2003 public awareness of Linux is passing critical mass, moving 
beyond the technically competent early adopters and reaching for the 
desktop of Joe User. Linux is not limited any more to those who can read 
source code as easily as the Sunday paper. The new breed of user doesn't 
even know what source code is. Deployments aren't just happening in 
bedrooms and uni computer labs, they're happening on the scale of tens 
of thousands of desktops at a time in governments and large corporates. 
In much the same way as the Internet went through a gestation period 
before blasting seemingly overnight into the public consciousness, Linux 
is just now exploding in the awareness of Joe User.

By mid 2004 at the latest Linux will be a serious contender on the 
average desktop. The downfall of Windows won't be imminent (that will 
take another couple of years at least) but Linux will begin to take a 
serious chunk of the market. Kids will be doing their homework with it, 
Moms and Pops will be doing Internet banking and sending email to Aunt 
Edna with it, secretaries will be drafting letters with it, accountants 
will be creating spreadsheets with it.

But will Debian be there? 
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http://articles.linmagau.org/images/sections/pdf/212.pdf

Regards
Gordon