"I've been writing about Linux on the desktop and
generally advocating increased Linux usability for non-technical
people since 1997, but I am not going to write about LindowsOS
quite yet. Or about Xandros or about any of the other unreleased
"E-Z Linux" distributions that seems to be getting large quantities
of "advance buzz" elsewhere. Sorry, folks, but I think we've
already seen enough Linux vaporware to last at least 50 years, and
Linux is only 10 years old.
Shall we talk about (commercial) Linux software companies that
spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on trade show displays
before they had any products to show or sell? Most of those
companies are gone now, as in bankrupt, because their products
either never made it to market or were so disappointing that no one
bought them.
Or shall we talk about promises of future software wonders that
will make this or that possible that was never possible before? We
don't need commercial, for-profit companies (or press releases) for
that. In and among the many useful projects hosted on
SourceForge.net , there are ruins of many that never took off or
didn't even make it to the launching pad; that have only one
developer listed; show no updates in the last year; and show few or
even no downloads."
