Hope this isn't more of the same...
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| helios Sep 10, 2010 11:49 AM EDT |
Having been "invited" to The Collaboration Summit in 2008, I know that the "end user's" input wasn't much valued there. It was all about Linux Server strength all of the time, at least for the most part. I am thrilled that Linux is finding it's dominance in the mobile market and that was predicted at the summit I attended. Good call... But as far as Linux on the Desktop, Zemlin et al will pretty much ignore it as in past meets. Then again, when the LF or someone finds a way to correctly monetize Linux as a desktop alternative, we might see a change of heart. Until then, these "summits" will hold no real value to the desktop application of Linux. |
| tracyanne Sep 10, 2010 2:39 PM EDT |
Well based on a Linux Foundation questionnaire I recently completed, I'd say the end User in this case is Enterprise level end-users, desktop is unlikely to figure much if at all, and if it does it will be from the point of view of workstation deployment, not general desktop usage. |
| hkwint Sep 10, 2010 7:35 PM EDT |
Saw the vid where they tried to make a joke out of your question, Ken. After that, I'm not expecting anything from that bunch of people anymore, except for trying to earn the money where it's "easy". |
| helios Sep 10, 2010 7:51 PM EDT |
Yeah, they pretty much pulled their own covers and exposed their real intentions when they did that. I've probably had 500 emails, maybe more since that happened, expressing the same sentiments. But they don't care. The Linux Foundation only cares about HP, IBM, Motorola and the rest of the big players. What the "little people" want and need is beneath them to even discuss. Or so it would seem. Will that change when Zemlin leaves? I seriously doubt it. They've hooked onto the moneytrain and find it difficult to do anything but play golf with their corporate cronies. |
| caitlyn Sep 11, 2010 12:35 PM EDT |
On one hand, those big corporations you listed (plus Intel, Red Hat, Novell, et al) do employ most of the developers of the major open source projects that comprise a typical Linux distribution. In other words, they make what the little people like you and me do possible. They are also making it possible for me to make a decent living myself, which I do appreciate. OTOH, all those big corporations need little people as customers. Dismissing your customers is never a good idea. Also, many of those big open source projects started out as a bright idea in some little person's home doing something interesting and bright without any corporate backing. Canonical seems to believe that they can make it in the consumer marketplace. With offerings like Ubuntu One and competing with iTunes maybe they can. Dismissing the desktop (which also is important in the enterprise, of course) is short sighted at best. Mocking someone who is doing advocacy and raising awareness of their products is just plain stupid. I didn't see the video and I am not at all sure I care to. |
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