Uros Nedic wrote: >> The only real difference here is looking for GNOME RE team to make a >> statement >> defining that they are ONLY focused on Linux... I reckon this won't happen. >> > > That is what I wanted to stress in this that post. > stop worrying. It is not the ethos for GNOME to be exclusive. Therefore, it is not likely GNOME can say it will be exclusively Linux. > Maybe, alternative is that SUN appears as one of major sponsors and put > 'our/their' > guys in their governing board (alanc, etc.), so we could secure our future. > Sun did and do have contributed significantly to GNOME be as as sponsor or contributors as you can read Calum's reply to the thread. Yes, Brian Cameron is an elected board of director (one of the 7 elected just this month).
-Ghee > Uros Nedic > > > ---------------------------------------- > >> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:17:33 +0100 >> From: Matt.Keenan at Sun.COM >> Subject: Re: [desktop-discuss] Fwd: GNOME and non-linux platforms (release >> team please stand up) >> To: urosn at live.com >> CC: Calum.Benson at Sun.COM; desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >> >> There really is nothing completely new going on here, the majority of gnome >> development has always been carried out on Linux based distros, and other >> distros if they want gnome to work have always had to port >> components/technologies to their platform, Hal on solaris is a good example >> of this. >> >> The only real difference here is looking for GNOME RE team to make a >> statement >> defining that they are ONLY focused on Linux... I reckon this won't happen. >> >> >> Uros Nedic wrote: >> >>> While post you sent a link to us maybe sounds interesting, but >>> this reply sounds very unpleasant for us: >>> >>> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2009-July/msg00134.html >>> >>> Shall we go with OpenSolaris as Apple did with Mac OS X? >>> Do we have enough resources to do that? >>> >>> Uros Nedic >>> >>> >>>> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:24:52 +0100 >>>> From: Calum.Benson at Sun.COM >>>> To: desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> Subject: [desktop-discuss] Fwd: GNOME and non-linux platforms (release >>>> team please stand up) >>>> >>>> This could get interesting... >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland >>>> mailto:calum.benson at sun.com OpenSolaris Desktop Team >>>> http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 >>>> >>>> Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> desktop-discuss mailing list >>>> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> Share your memories online with anyone you want. >>> http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/products/photos-share.aspx?tab=1 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> desktop-discuss mailing list >>> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> > > _________________________________________________________________ > With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos. > http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/products/photo-gallery-edit.aspx > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >
