Re: Design by Community

[Alan Cox <alan lxorguk ukuu org uk>]

On Mer, 2006-02-08 at 12:07 +0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > This course of action will create a time when GNOME goes the way of
> > propriortary UNIX: Tru64, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX... imagine a
> > world with Novell Desktop, Topaz, Java Desktop, the Hatrack Environment:
> > all competing products... where is GNOME?
> > 
> not if the changes are not kept proprietary and sent upstream sooner or
> later.

Sorry have to disagree. If everyone writes a new replacement secret
suprise panel menu how are you going to merge them all when they come
out. Its too late by then, its forked and if the vendors are wedded to
their style and version its forked for good.