<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Basil Chupin <<a href="mailto:blchupin@iinet.net.au">blchupin@iinet.net.au</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <a href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/661" target="_blank">Linux is the supercomputer operating system of choice</a>; thanks to <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/android-to-control-half-of-smartphone-market-say-analysts/38881" target="_blank">Android, Linux is becoming the most popular smartphone operating system</a> of them all;and <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/idc-dollarwise-windows-still-leads-the-server-market/8825" target="_blank">Linux continues to make gains in the server market</a>. But, when it comes to the desktop, no matter how you measure it, <a href="http://practical-tech.com/uncategorized/is-the-linux-desktop-dream-dead/3186" target="_blank">Linux has never how more than a tiny share of the desktop market</a>. Why? Well, I can give you lots of reasons, but one that Mark Shuttleworth founder of <a href="http://www.canonical.com" target="_blank">Canonical</a>, the company behind the popular <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu</a> 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 <a href="http://www.gnome.org/" target="_blank">GNOME</a>, in a commentary on how Canonical and Ubuntu people claimed that “<a href="http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2011/03/07/has-gnome-rejected-canonical-help" target="_blank">We offered our help to GNOME, and they didn’t want it.</a>” [More] <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-linux-and-gnome-the-disputes-continue/8469" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-linux-and-gnome-the-disputes-continue/8469</a> <pre cols="72">-- "Aaah....another pointless day when I've achieved nothing." Bender, Futurama. </pre> </div> -- sounder mailing list <a href="mailto:sounder@lists.ubuntu.com">sounder@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/sounder" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/sounder</a> </blockquote></div> Hello everyone, That ZDNet article has a link to <a href="http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2011/03/11/lessons-learned/">this article</a>. It´s a fascinating read. --N.B. -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html</a> & <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/" target="_blank">http://www.libreoffice.org/</a> (Nathan Bahn)