On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:34:07 -0500, Lloyd Finkerstein wrote:
> "Moshe Goldfarb" <brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1u37smsc16ljb$.1ufowkxxl535e.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:26:57 -0500, Gherkin Chutes wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/linux_phones_a_fragmented_market_in_search_of_a_leader_google
>>>
>>> [quote]
>>> We are getting there, and yet again GNU/Linux is missing that train.
>>>
>>> I don't mean to be negative. However, the current situation of GNU/Linux
>>> on
>>> mobile devices is depressing to put it lightly. And-to make things
>>> worse-it's
>>> heading in the wrong direction, with more fragmentation coming up and
>>> more
>>> millions being poured on developing several types of wheels: one with an
>>> anti-puncture mechanism, one that works in the rain, one that doesn't
>>> suffer
>>> of wear and tear, etc.
>>>
>>> GNU/Linux is not famous for its ability to settle on one standard. The
>>> extremely damaging KDE vs. GNOME saga is a prime example many, many
>>> millions
>>> lines of of code and copious amounts of talent being wasted because of
>>> the
>>> two communities' inability to meet in the middle ground. Of course its
>>> not
>>> that simple in case of KDE and Gnome; however, integration and
>>> unification
>>> could have been about 10 times better, and it could have started many
>>> years
>>> earlier. Instead, now we have two control panels, two network connection
>>> applets, two hardware detection systems. you get the picture).
>>> [/quote]
>>
>> How true.
>>
>> Another one Roy Schestowitz seems to have missed.
>>
>> I'll bet he is planning on boycotting Free Software Magazine now, or
>> claiming it is really owned by Microsoft or something paranoid like that.
>
> This morning I received an anonymous email from a reliable source that
> confirms that several people at "Free Software Magazine" are really
> paid-for shills who secretly work for Microsoft.
Well that settles then!!
Haha!!
That's more than likely what Roy Schestowitz would claim.
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