Re: Did GNOME go 1.0 too early?

[Greg Fall <gmf dweezil dynip com>]

On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Andy Kahn wrote:

> > How about the possibility that releasing GNOME and trying to make it
> > good is maybe not about WINNING the Linux desktop in a competition whose 
> 
> GNOME isn't supposed to be for Linux only.  believe it or not,
> there's the rest of the Unix world too. :)

Not accusing A.K. necessarily (don't have any of his original posts so 
hou could I)...

The solution to missing package kits for other architectures is for a
person who needs to them to MAKE THEM and then CONTRIBUTE THEM, not for
said person to gripe about a bunch of volunteers not doing it for him
(okay, maybe a few of them are being paid, a little).  Remember, this is
OSS.

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