From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-56919-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1GxJfn-0006k2-5f for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:53:07 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kBL8mCih013534; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:48:12 GMT Received: from mail124.messagelabs.com (mail124.messagelabs.com [85.158.136.19]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kBL8hMcZ010986 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:43:23 GMT X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: David.Nelson2@astrazeneca.com X-Msg-Ref: server-9.tower-124.messagelabs.com!1166690602!10732274!1 X-StarScan-Version: 5.5.10.7; banners=-,-,- X-Originating-IP: [85.158.137.163] Received: (qmail 2896 invoked from network); 21 Dec 2006 08:43:22 -0000 Received: from unassigned.messagelabs.net (HELO zcsn24.ukhx.astrazeneca.net) (85.158.137.163) by server-9.tower-124.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 21 Dec 2006 08:43:22 -0000 Received: from ukblemefe01.emea.astrazeneca.net (ukblemefe01.emea.astrazeneca.net [172.19.98.7]) by zcsn24.ukhx.astrazeneca.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kBL8hLO6001642 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:43:21 GMT Received: from ukmcrdembx01.rd.astrazeneca.net ([172.24.184.164]) by ukblemefe01.emea.astrazeneca.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:43:21 +0000 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Has Linux "jumped the Shark"? Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:43:21 -0000 Message-ID: <3D60AF2712C16D42A38076E52FD6E3D23F0BD2@ukmcrdembx01.rd.astrazeneca.net> In-Reply-To: <458A2339.4060703@smash-net.org> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [gentoo-user] Has Linux "jumped the Shark"? Thread-Index: AcckxjQedafRa2OSRNq/qptwEyon2AAFWRwA From: "Nelson, David \(ED, PAR&D\)" <David.Nelson2@astrazeneca.com> To: <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Dec 2006 08:43:21.0740 (UTC) FILETIME=[120A04C0:01C724DC] X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id kBL8hMcZ010986 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id kBL8mCjC013534 X-Archives-Salt: 427444bb-c38a-471f-9af9-cd020f075e4f X-Archives-Hash: 8309cf2cbbacd8b9e53b762b5d90e046 Hey fellow Gentoo-ers. > -----Original Message----- > From: Norman Rie=C3=9F [mailto:norman@smash-net.org] > Sent: 21 December 2006 06:01 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Has Linux "jumped the Shark"? >=20 >=20 > Jeff Rollin schrieb: > > Their argument seemed to be that > > because GNOME is running into problems and because KDE is behind > > schedule, the Linux desktop is dead. > > > > How true is this? > > > > Jeff > Like "uh, we cannot finish this tiny feature here in 3 days=20 > as planned,=20 > so let us give up the whole project"? :-) >=20 > And Linux is more popular than ever and gaining users=20 > (correct me if i=20 > am wrong). Developement on Gnome and KDE is going on.. > So i do not see how they could be dead. > --=20 > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >=20 >=20 As long as someone uses Linux, and contributes code to it, it's alive IMO= . In fact I would say that every month it becomes more and more useful an= d I only see Linux being behind on some gaming support and some other app= lication specific support (eg the business I work for uses many applicati= ons that only run on windows, and I am not aware of linux equivelants). Linux is more than sufficient for the average home user who goes on the i= nternet to sell their junk on ebay, writes emails to relatives far away a= nd watches a couple of films and listens to a few music tracks. I would s= ay it was far from dead. Even if the Linux kernel itself were to die the same set of apps (or at l= east a large percentage of them) that we use on our Linux boxes will work= happily on BSD with some tweaking, surely :) David --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list