Carroll,
Daniel Christle was right on. This is a partial quote that I really
liked from the article:
"I think it's time to be careful and thoughtful on how the Linux
community portrays itself. This doesn't mean that we are to give up the
enormous amount of introspection that the community continually exposes
itself to. Rather, we should increase it, and build upon what has
already been accomplished.
Through our success we have created choice and freedom. If you think
about it, the Linux community has done a lot and will continue to do a
lot. We are now into areas, such as embedded system, that most people
had not even given a thought to before. We need to couch our arguments
to reflect the facts. Linux isn't dead and neither is Tux.
Despite the recent happenings, Linux on the desktop is still a reality
(at least it is for me). There's so much that is happening, in terms of
development, for the desktop that I can't help believe the dream is
still alive. We don't have to look far for examples of development that
are geared toward the desktop. Off the top of my head I can think of a
few. Open Office, Abiword, KOffice, KDE, GNOME, gnuCash, Kapital,
Mozilla, KMail, Balsa, and the list goes on. There is way too much
happening for the desktop to give up this battle.
Linux isn't about world domination (unlike products by other west coast
companies that come to mind), rather Linux is about choice and the
freedom to make that choice."
This is what people want, the freedom to choose and write and
reconfigure their systems to their liking. Just because Word is not
included as part of the operating system, it isn't the end all. It would
be interesting to find how many C++ companies have gone out of business
in the last 2 - 3 years. Or, how many millions of dollars Microsoft has
lost on 'loser' projects.
I still believe Linux is a force to be reckoned with and we should be
proud that we are part of this interesting part of history.
As an international community, that enjoys contributing to this superb
OS, we still outnumber Microsoft. And, there are lot of Linux apps. in
the works that cannot be talked about until they are ready for release
that will take our breath away.
Thanks Carroll. You made my evening.
Roman
Carroll Grigsby wrote:
>
> Roman:
> Maybe this will make you feel better:
> www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/deadlinux
> Carroll
>
> Romanator wrote:
> >
> > Hello list,
> >
> > Editor's Note RIP: Linux on the desktop. Ken Reichard mentions that it
> > is official that Linux on the desktop is dead. Is he the official who
> > decides? His standards? Linux is still evolving. Maybe the desktop isn't
> > ready yet but keep your eye on Mandrake. I'm sure the tide will turn
> > after 2 or 3 versions. I predict by Version 10 or 11, it will be ready
> > and more companies will be offering power applications to run on Linux.
> > Just check out what IBM is planning and SUN.
> >
> > I encourage all users to read the following link and speak your mind on
> > www.linuxplanet.com to Kevin Reichard.
> >
> > Roman
> > Registered Linux User #179293
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