[arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

[Jonathan Temple]

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 2:47 AM, David C. Rankin
<drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> All depends on what the ultimate goals for the distro are. Me? I wouldn't
> change a thing. I like Arch the way it is and I hope it stays like this
> until I'm old and gray (sh... I'm getting there ;-)
>
> I don't think Arch should try to keep up with the Jones' or worry about what
> distro watch says. But, in the alternative, if the goal is to see just how
> far and how widely accepted Arch can become in hopes of selling out to
> someone like Novell, Corel, etc.., then it might make sense to look a bit
> harder at what makes the rating meter tick.
>
> Personally, I don't think all the money in the world would be worth
> sacrificing the niche Arch has carved out for itself in the Linux
> community...

I agree completely, and that's really what I was trying to get at by
posing that question