Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 08:45:19 -0400 From: "Christopher T. Jewett" <ctjewett@zdnetonebox.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: The desktop apathy? I think not. Message-ID: <20010531124519.SSJB28488.mta10.onebox.com@onebox.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --1BoxPartBoundary99131311929952991313119 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline > Now Sun and HP are actually considering GNOME for their > own desktops. The commercial guys didn't rescue the commercial Unix > desktop, so I fail to see where your touching faith in their ability > to rescue BSD (or Linux) comes from. In case you missed it, they're not just considering it. It's actually happening. Sun officially released Gnome 1.4 for Solaris 8 about 3 weeks ago. http://www.sun.com/software/star/gnome/getgnome14.html They're not stopping their, either. After Gnome 2.X is released in mid 2002, it will be the *default* desktop on Solaris. HP isn't sitting on it's duff either. As for commercial Unix vendors not helping the desktop initiative, all one has to do is visit gnome.org and see the incredible list of financial backers they've got. Just take a look here: http://www.gnome.org/commsupp.html It's going to take a lot of work, but Unix for the desktop is coming, and in a *BIG* way. Look at all of the major players that have lasted from the days of DOS and you'll see all sorts of alliances being made. Call me hopeful, but I see a day in the not-to-distant future where Unix is the standard, with hundreds of different flavors to choose from. Chris ___________________________________________________________________ To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com --1BoxPartBoundary99131311929952991313119 Content-type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment Content-Description: vCard for Christopher Jewett YmVnaW46dmNhcmQNCnZlcnNpb246My4wDQpGTjpDaHJpc3RvcGhlciAgSmV3ZXR0DQpOOkpl d2V0dDtDaHJpc3RvcGhlciA7OzsNCkFEUjo7OzM2MjQgTmlhZ2FyYSBTdHJlZXQ7V2F5bmU7 TUk7NDgxODQtMTk1ODs7DQpFTUFJTDtUWVBFPWludGVybmV0OmN0amV3ZXR0QHpkbmV0b25l Ym94LmNvbQ0KVEVMO1RZUEU9dm9pY2UsZmF4LHByZWYsbXNnOig0MTUpIDQzMC0yMTYxIHgx MjUwDQpURUw7VFlQRT12b2ljZSxob21lOig3MzQpIDcyOS0yNjIwDQpURUw7VFlQRT12b2lj ZSx3b3JrOigyNDgpIDMyNC00NDU4eDEzOA0KVEVMO1RZUEU9cGFnZXI6KDczNCkgNTA0LTU1 ODYNClVSTDpodHRwOi8vd3d3LmthbnR1cy5jb20NCmVuZDp2Y2FyZA0K --1BoxPartBoundary99131311929952991313119-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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