[ Thanks to renai43
for this link. ]
“This month the Linux community watched as Xi Graphics
(www.xigraphics.com) made a fascinating and perfectly predictable
business mistake: they underestimated the power of open source
software.“
“Xi Graphics made the bold move of releasing a version of CDE
(Common Desktop Environment) as a commercially available Linux
desktop, directly competing with established desktop environments
such as GNOME and KDE, who currently hold a majority of the Linux
desktop user’s attention. CDE is a desktop environment which has
existed in the UNIX-driven server world for quite some time. It’s
based upon the Motif libraries, which have quite recently been
released under the Open Group Master Software License.”
“This license permits use, reproduction and redistribution of
the Motif source code. Xi has named their new software DeXtop, and
states that it is “basically OpenMotif v2.1.3x integrated with CDE
v2.1″, both sourced from the OpenGroup Organisation, responsible
for releasing Motif for use in the open source community.”