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

[Bart Decrem <bart eazel com>]

no kidding.  that one's far-out as they say.

bart


Telsa Gwynne wrote:

> 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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