RE: Formalising the release naming process [Was: GNOME Development Release 2.5.3]

[Luis Villa <louie ximian com>]

On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 12:51, Dan Joseph wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 	Don't forget Sun either.  Java Desktop is Linux w/Gnome as their GUI.

I don't think that Jeff, of all people, is underestimating the impact of
GNOME. Many of us here (including Jeff, perhaps moreso than any of us)
have quite literally dedicated the last several years of our lives to
making this work, and we're well aware of the successes we've had and
are continuing to have.

Those who have invested their time and money (definitely including IBM
and Sun) are well aware that they are interacting with a community here,
and a community which has a personality and a sense of humor. It would
be sad if we sold that out just because we stupidly think that IBM is
going to walk away from linux because Jeff said 'testicles.'

Luis

> > IBM is pushing to have Linux on their desktops. If a department
> > within IBM is
> > converting to a Linux desktop, they move to the top of the priority list.
> >
> > Linux is much more in the news, is receiving prime time
> > advertising, and is
> > moving from the very obscure to the very known.
> >
> > Gnome is becoming professional enough and stable enough to be a
> > viable desktop
> > for the non-technical (I do not know what, if any, desktop IBM advocates).
> >
> > All of this is raising visiblity. Gnome and Linux is being known,
> > watched, and
> > considered by large potential users.
> >
> > Do not underestimate the high quality product you have put so
> > much work into.
> 
> 
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