[ale] IBM is buying Redhat!

[A. P. Garcia]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 7:34 AM Simba via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> The DoD and any other government agencies should be using Debian.
>
> Support for the system does not have to be provided by the maintainers
> of the software. Support could come from any trustworthy American
> technology firm.
>
> Debian is the best choice because it is the most open and free, as well
> as the most stable and mature, as well as offering full capabilities in
> terms of applications and security. It's simply the best choice.
>
> To limit government systems to inferior operating systems because they
> offer commercial support from the developers is very 1980s.
>

The way I see it, Linux is Linux. It's kind of strange to claim that one is
more stable than another. And it's poor form to make such a claim without
offering some sort of evidence.

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