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Cwizardone's words have some point, even when his way of saying them casts shadows on them. Even I have complained some times about lack of communication from Slackware Inc. or obscurity about policies. However, I don't think this is a thread where we should discuss it, and certainly not this way.

Slackware is my distribution because, among the ones I have tried, is the only one that tries to keep some sanity. I have got fed up with "alphaware", "experimentware", "badly-designed-gui-ware" and "let's-break-a-developing-model-that-has-worked-for-17-years-and-try-something-new-with-no-backup-plans-ware!"

After some testing and research, I have reached the following conclusion: should Slackware disappear, there would be no more Linux for me. My emergency shuttles would be the BSDs. Fortunately, I don't think the ship is damaged enough to have the people seriously think about alternatives.

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Originally Posted by cwizardone (Post 4665942)

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I first starting using Slackware in 1995, and have returned to it time and time again, but after all these years and after this last year, it is time to go shopping for a different distribution with real professional management and fewer zealots.
Like it or not, Slackware is a business, yet it is has become painfully obvious no one in authority has the first clue as to how to run a business. As I've said before, if he wanted to take some time off, fine, he certainly has earned it, but it should have been announced and people "officially" appointed to take up the "slack" (pun intended).
Unfortunately, the way it has unfolded has been completely irresponsible and the sum total of the inactivity over the last year, as I've said before, became the "fuel" that sparked the events of a couple of weeks ago.
It was nice to see so many offer to help, but after doing almost nothing for the last year, and therefore, the income dwindling, what did he expect. [RETROACTIVELY MODERATED]
Rant over. Time to move on.

Well, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. What business do you run, by the way? Since you're an expert and all.