“Following its recent Mainz, Germany meeting, the Portland
project has now decided on its next moves. Portland, an ad hoc
group of commercial and community Linux desktop developers, aims to
create a common set of interfaces and tools to allow all
applications to easily integrate with the Linux desktop.“After this latest meeting, John Cherry, OSDL’s (Open Source
Development Labs) initiative manager for the Linux desktop, listed
action items for the group to address as it moves forward…”