"Psychologically, I don't know so much. Have you ever noticed how family
disputes can be the most bitter? Or how neighboring countries that share
the same food, the same dress, the same values, can often be the bitterest
feuds? Some days I think that applies between us. I see mails on this list
saying it would be easier and better for Debian to coordinate with
distributions that I think would be almost *impossible* to work with
practically, but somehow they are more attractive because they are not
family. Perhaps we know each other too well. It's hard to be a prophet in
your home town.
"How do I think it could work in practice? Well, if Debian and Ubuntu went
ahead with the summit in December, where we reviewed plans for 2010 and
identified opportunities to collaborate, I think we would get (a) several
other smaller distributions to participate, and (b) several upstreams to
participate. That would be a big win. It would set us off on a good
course. If we delivered, then, we would virtually guarantee that almost
all the distributions and key upstreams would participate the next time
around. And if *that* worked, we'd win RHEL over too."
