"I came away from the second annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit with mixed feelings. I mean, it's hard not to support the group that pays Linus Torvalds to spend his time continuing to lead the poster-boy project for free and open source software. But at the same time, those golden chains are my biggest concern about the Linux Foundation."
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You might want to inform yourself before calling Joe Barr of Linux.com an astroturfer ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Barr
No , the problem is a real one at the Linux foundation.
Where as GNU/Linux offer a real and working solution on the desktop very few of the player in the Linux foundation are Leader or pushing for GNU/Linux on the desktop , even clearly the opposite.
Take your previous desktop vendor listing , none of them are part of the Linux foundation , why ? Cost of entry and Linux foundation lack of desire to have them included because of what they do are the main reasons.
The Linux Foundation does not use it's financial ressource and clout to make a sensible desktop strategy.
Just list the member list and you will see that it's mostly hardware vendor that sale workstation and servers solution. Note : Adobe is in there , if there is one company that windows switching to GNU/Linux people want there desktop product on GNU/Linux it's Adobe.
Is point is simple to summarize , he looked at the conference subjects and can see that desktop is not being discuss and a priority on the agenda, he is about 10 years too late , but the community as always ignored the Linux foundation as long as they pay for the Kernel development and contribute in some way.
He is clearly not saying that GNU/linux is not ready for the dekstop.
Member since:2005-07-07
Take your previous desktop vendor listing , none of them are part of the Linux foundation...
There was a representative of at least ZaReason attending the Linux Collaboration Summit, as well as representatives from local IT companies selling Linux products such as http://www.iycc.biz/
Is point is simple to summarize , he looked at the conference subjects and can see that desktop is not being discuss...
Then he might have missed that there were two days of Desktop Architects Meeting, bringing together representatives of free software projects like GNOME and KDE as well as people from ISVs and OEMs.
It allowed us to get up to date on what others are currently working on, identify areas where we can improve sharing of technology, exchanging contacts for better coordination or work, etc.
I agree with Joe Barr that not allowing media people looks a bit weird, but unfortunately it is not unheard of that journalists report things out of context or using skewed interpretations to generate reader interests.
While Joe Barr would likely not do this, the pure chance of something like this to happen would restrict the quality of information during the meetings as attendees would be more cautious to address problems, etc
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2007-02-17
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The barriers to linux adoption on the desktop or anywhere else are political not technical.
It is very likely just PR ... to use a polite term. An attempt to get "soundbites" or "a meme" into the conciousness of the general public who aren't paying much attention. There are wealthy parties who have a strong vested interest in pushing the false notion that Linux has trouble with drivers, and that it is too hard to get it working.
To use a more impolite term, without swearing or cussing, one would probably choose the word "astroturfing".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
Edited 2008-04-16 04:19 UTC