Debian==techie distro? (Score 1)

I think it's more a commentary on the people who seem to use/advocate it most. I know that if I had to concisely describe Debian, I would describe it as a technically-focused distribution -- i.e. the goal is to do things right, not necessarily to do them in the flashiest or most bleeding-edge-trendy way. I think the sheer number of packages and the (relative) lack of advertising and marketing budget add to this effect. I would guess the other reason is the usual corporate fear -- "there's no company behind Debian" -- and this isn't a bad thing, because (with 0.9 probability :) there will be one eventually, at least in a support role. Support for Debian is great and is largely unnecessary -- but as can be seen from the Gartner report, that's not going to sway many PHBs.