On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 03:12:15AM -0700, Craig White wrote:
No problem with your English whatsoever.
The only problem that I have is with the logic that the fate of GNOME
represents the fate of Open Source or Linux - it doesn't.
Just look at the feedback on the new Macintosh OS X Lion or Windows 8
preview... there is a lot of griping about the changes to the UI. It's
certain that regardless of the OS, changes to the UI will always raise a
bunch of complaints and the more drastic the changes, the louder the
complaints. That's not really surprising.
People who appreciate open source should love the bold, fresh ideas that
GNOME 3 represents, even if they don't actually intend to use it. It
aspires to encompass the computer regardless of form factor. It dares to
innovate. It spreads the umbrella of implementation that protects it
from those who believe they can patent virtually everything by providing
evidence of prior art. It demonstrates that the innovation doesn't only
emanate from Cupertino (though some of us knew that) or Redmond
(puhlease).
But to get to your point that 'GNOME has abandoned GNOME 2 and put
distributions in an awkward position' - perhaps you are confused. Let's
just stay on topic, Fedora. Fedora is very clear on this... Fedora's
core value is to implement new versions as early as reasonable to help
drive the development and provide valuable feedback. GNOME 2 is done and
if a sufficient number of people want to maintain it for security
issues, it can continue on as it always has. But Fedora is giving us a
glimpse of the future by implementing the leading edge now... that is
and has always been the core value of Fedora. There's no awkwardness or
confusion there.
Hear hear !
Alexander