Blah blah blah blah dicksize blah blah.
\r\n\r\nUnix is componentized (though I prefer the term "modularized"). Debian makes managing the compenents far more tenable. Progeny's business is selling custom-tailored Linux systems for enterprise clients. While the claim is of distribution independence, Debian is very much the base, for good reason. It's the same reasoning that's behind the various bootable distros (LNX-BBC, Knoppix, Demo-Linux, etc.) basing their packages from Debian. Less crap to deal with, greatly facilitated effort.
\r\n\r\nI'm still waiting for Danny Ross Lunsford's Cooking with Shit and Crow for Fun and Frothing. Last I checked, you're the one who's talking shit on Debian without having tried it. And never mind me. Check with... Greg, Peter, Scott, Bill (still on the cusp, but I think he'll make it), Drew, Ben, etc., etc., etc.... Each of whom started elsewhere, tried Debian, and realized the advantages. There was some armtwisting to get them to try it, but the proof's in the pudding.
\r\n\r\nAnd we'll note the usual cogent and relevant arguments. Too much river water of late, Ross?