[Info-vax] New CEO of VMS Software

[Dan Cross]

In article <memo.20240107213108.16260u at jgd.cix.co.uk>,
John Dallman <jgd at cix.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <unf485$174pb$5 at dont-email.me>, ldo at nz.invalid (Lawrence
>D'Oliveiro) wrote:
>
>> So a couple of guys set themselves the job of recompiling the whole 
>> of Debian from source, optimized for the Raspberry Pi. As I recall, 
>> the bulk of the job took them 6 weeks. In their own spare time.
>> 
>> They called the result _Raspbian_. You may have heard of it. Though 
>> I think the Foundation has now taken it over and called it 
>> _Raspberry Pi OS_.
>
>The two original guys release their first version in July 2012. The
>Foundation released their version in September 2013, 14 months later. The
>Foundation isn't a large and rich company, but it is more than a
>shoestring operation. 
>
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi_OS#History>

It's also much larger than what the Munich city council can
bring to bear.

	- Dan C.