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Re: [News] GNOME Board Welcomes Canonical; Mark Shuttleworth Interview

  • Subject: Re: [News] GNOME Board Welcomes Canonical; Mark Shuttleworth Interview
  • From: Hadron Quark <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:12:14 +0200
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Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> After takin' a swig o' grog, Mark Kent belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Ubuntu's commercial sponsor joins GNOME advisory board
>>> 
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, will announce on
>>>| April 18 that it has joined the GNOME Foundation's advisory board.
>>> `----
>>> 
>>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7148339779.html
>>> 
>>> Mark Shuttleworth: "Time for mass consumer sales of Linux on desktop has not
>>> yet come"
>>
>> I remain unconvinced that it will come before the end of the desktop as
>> we know it arrives...

*Snigger*

Looks like Mark Kent thinks mobile computing devices (the Linux niche)
is the only way it will become mainstream.

>
> The desktop will never end.  It will always be necessary for tasks such
> as drafting, engineering (including software development), and certain
> business uses.

And gaming and browsing the web  and watching the tv on the web and ......

> The consumer desktop will probably shrink, though, to the size and
> profile of a clipboard.
>
> Even right now, though, many people don't really /use/ their desktop.
> They work with one window always maximized.

That is working. Some people spend their whole time using one or two apps.

-- 
They are most deceived that trusteth most in themselves.

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