Thanks to Kevin Collins
for this link.
“A worldwide team of developers and programmers have pooled
their expertise to create GNOME — the first graphical user
interface for Linux.”
“The open-source movement is a bit like the construction of the
great medieval cathedrals of Europe: thousands of anonymous
artisans working over time on a grand project whose entirety they
may never know…”
“The GNOME project is a classic example of open-source software
development, in which programmers and developers and just plain
geeks from around the world share their expertise to create
software programs that anyone can download for free.”