Rebasing to Debian definitely comes up a lot. Our main reasons for sticking with Ubuntu are: - we rely very heavily on Launchpad - we rely on the hardware supp

Rebasing to Debian definitely comes up a lot. Our main reasons for sticking with Ubuntu are: - we rely very heavily on Launchpad - we rely on the hardware support and testing work they do - the Ubuntu userbase seems to be a bit more in-line with the kinds of people who will enjoy elementary OS (this isn't a technical reason) - we have some close relationships with Canonical/Ubuntu employees/developers It's definitely a possibility, though personally I don't see it becoming feasible in the near term.