Ubuntu Linux and GNOME: The Disputes conti

[Nathan Bahn]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:

>  Linux is the supercomputer operating system of choice<http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/661>;
> thanks to Android, Linux is becoming the most popular smartphone operating
> system<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/android-to-control-half-of-smartphone-market-say-analysts/38881>of them all;and Linux
> continues to make gains in the server market<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/idc-dollarwise-windows-still-leads-the-server-market/8825>.
> But, when it comes to the desktop, no matter how you measure it, Linux has
> never how more than a tiny share of the desktop market<http://practical-tech.com/uncategorized/is-the-linux-desktop-dream-dead/3186>.
> Why? Well, I can give you lots of reasons, but one that Mark Shuttleworth
> founder of Canonical <http://www.canonical.com>, the company behind the
> popular Ubuntu <http://www.ubuntu.com> Linux distribution, has pointed out
> that there’s a lot of disorganization and disorder in Linux desktop
> developer circles.
>
> The specific problem that started the current discussions roiling the Linux
> desktop waters was explored by Dave Neary, a member and former director of
> the GNOME <http://www.gnome.org/>, in a commentary on how Canonical and
> Ubuntu people claimed that “We offered our help to GNOME, and they didn’t
> want it.<http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2011/03/07/has-gnome-rejected-canonical-help>
> ”
>
> [More]
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-linux-and-gnome-the-disputes-continue/8469
>
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Hello everyone,
That ZDNet article has a link to this
article<http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2011/03/11/lessons-learned/>.
It´s a fascinating read.
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