Re: New York Times story (GNOME Foundation == OSF??)



On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 10:38:56AM -0600 or thereabouts, Mark Galassi wrote:

[re NYT story] 
> I am unhappy with this story.  It looks like the announcement of
> OSF/Motif teaming up against OpenLook (and vice-versa) might have
> looked fifteen years ago.
> 
> The story should have made it clear that the foundation consists of a
> group of hackers who *might* be working for these companies.  Emphasis
> could have been put on how many of them GNOME developers do not work
> for free software business, and that the crucial work was done before
> business (except maybe Red Hat) stepped in.

You think that's bad? Have a look at how the Register are telling
it: 

   Sun sources tell us that it will unveil its "GNOME Foundation"
   initiative at the San Jose LinuxWorld expo this week.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12552.html

Telsa





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