[ Thanks to Sydneyking for this link.
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“Computerworld: How do you feel Linux on the desktop is
progressing?“Linus Torvalds: Last year was good but I’m
seeing a lot more noise about it this year. The server space is
easier to tackle first with any operating system as it can be
applied to specific tasks such as mail serving; however, the
desktop is harder to sell.“Now, the kernel and other pieces are coming together including
office applications, games and Web browsers. This has made the
Linux desktop interesting to commercials. Commercials tend to
choose one desktop, such as KDE or GNOME (GNU Network Object Model
Environment), and stick with it. There has been some confusion and
rivalry that has helped its development. Right now it looks like
the two are closing in on each other, for example, with Red Hat’s
Bluecurve interface…”