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Half of the "Debian" name comes from Ian Murdock's first name. The other half comes from his then-girlfriend's name 'Debra'. I've never heard anybody castigat
by catalogia 7y ago
Half of the "Debian" name comes from Ian Murdock's first name. The other half comes from his then-girlfriend's name 'Debra'. I've never heard anybody castigate Ian/Debian for that.
Somebody naming something after themself seems a little tacky to me, but I don't think it's anything to get bent out of shape about.
- mplewis 7y agoProbably because Ian doesn't try to commercialize and push a proprietary system of computing on the world with Ian plastered everywhere you can see.