Considering all that and looking at the most popular FOSS distributions, one
can easily identify Debian as one of the few remaining players who both **care
-about Free Software** and **can be trusted as not being profit-driven**. Mind
-you, I've nothing against companies in general and I'm very well aware that
-many FOSS companies carry a good deal of the burden of developing and promoting
-Free Software. Nonetheless, in days in which it is striking how quickly
-FOSS-friendly companies can become very much FOSS-unfriendly, I can't help
-putting my trust and efforts into community-driven projects, better if with no
-attached company label whatsoever. Furthermore, having projects like Debian
-around can encourage other company-driven community distributions, to demand
-more and more independence and clarifications about the relationships the
-community and the related company.
+about Free Software** and **can be trusted in making choices not driven by
+profit**. Mind you, I've nothing against companies in general and I'm very well
+aware that many FOSS companies carry a good deal of the burden of developing
+and promoting Free Software. Nonetheless, in days in which it is striking how
+quickly FOSS-friendly companies can become very much FOSS-unfriendly, I can't
+help putting my trust and efforts into community-driven projects, better if
+with no attached company label whatsoever. Furthermore, having distributions
+like Debian around can encourage other company-backed distributions to demand
+more and more independence and clarifications about the relationships between
+the community and the backing company.
The second argument about the relevance of Debian more pragmatic and rather
straightforward: Debian is the root of a huge tree of derived-distribution (AKA
beginning), you might want to check out the story of
[this ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn0lwGk4u9o).
+<small>**Update**: minor rephrasing in the 4th paragraph</small>
+
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