[ Thanks to Michael
Hall for this link. ]
“The Linux Foundation has a clear and simple mission: ‘to fuel
the growth of the Linux platform.’ While LinuxCon did contain many
highly technical topics, the standard ‘spread Linux’ fanfare also
permeated the atmosphere.“Likewise, ‘Linux on the Desktop’ was, as always, a frequent
topic. These days people seem to joke about it more than seriously
promote it or work toward it. Theodore Tso cracked, ‘I believe next
year is the year of the Linux desktop, because the next year is
always the year of the Linux desktop!’“Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth gave the closing keynote
and harped on developers for writing 20 percent of an application,
verifying that other Linux geeks can figure out how to use it, and
then calling it good. [Editor’s note: To some controversy.] This
largely summarizes the plight of the Linux world. Shiny things. Too
often developers work on what interests them, and then move on
instead of fixing what horror they (or others) have dumped upon the
world. Case in point: how many Linux sound subsystems do we
have?”