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Why Debian for PARISC?
Commercial distributions wanted “real money”
The Debian project acts like a “commons”, where individuals and companies can contribute as their needs dictate without legal or contractual complications.
Debian developers often have credibility with upstream maintainers, can help get new developments adopted.
Zero external cost for deployment.
Some engineers at HP and Linuxcare were already registered Debian developers...
But... successfully working with Debian means accepting the community development model... commercial distributions or support partners may be required to meet needs for traditional software support elements?