Re: GNOME: lack of strategic roadmap

["Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak" <mjc avtechpulse com>]

On 02/24/2010 01:05 AM, Richard Stallman wrote:
>      Software freedom is a means to furthering our vision of providing
>      technology to all, regardless of means, physical and technical
>      capability or culture.
>
> Freedom can lead to more available technology, but it is vital in its
> own right.  It is little benefit to have technology available
> if the price of using it is your freedom.  That is why we write
> free replacements for existing proprietary software.

Richard is a purist, of course, but I do wish that gnome would beat the 
freedom drum more, something like this:

Gnome, the Free Desktop: Free to Use, Free to Share, Free to Change

or

Gnome: The Desktop of the Free

or, more hiply,

Gnome: Own Your Code. Own Your Data. Own Your Desktop!

Really, this is the only thing that truly distinguishes Gnome from the 
practical alternatives like MS, Apple. (Maybe a footnote could say 
"...and less obscure than Xfce", hah hah.)

The current slogan of "Made to Share" is vaguely cool in a way that 
developers can appreciate, but I think it's meaningless as a tool for 
roping in new users.

Just my 2 cents.

- Mike