Linux, what are our objectives?

[dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 09:18:56AM -0500, markw-FJ05HQ0HCKaWd6l5hS35sQ at public.gmane.org wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:37 AM,  <markw-FJ05HQ0HCKaWd6l5hS35sQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >> So the question I have is this: is [K]ubuntu really the direction in
> >> which
> >> we as a community wish to see Linux go?
> >
> > KDE != Linux. Don't conflate the two.
> >
> > Sorry to be a bit abrupt, but this is a common mistake and starts a
> > bunch of conversations that don't really relate to Linux at all.
> 
> I'm sorry, but you missed the point of the post. Yes, I know KDE != Linux,
> and yes I know that [k]ubuntu != Linux. I've been using Linux since 1995.
> I got the memo.

Nevertheless, you asked an easily misinterpretable question, and
the answers you received [so far] include most of the reasonable
interpretations.

It doesn't matter if the notional Linux community wants KDE or
not -- it matters that the KDE folks have the freedom to build
what they want, and the GNOME folks can build their vision, and
XFCE can do their thing, and so can the Plan9 people and the
dedicated FVWM users and the hardcore 'EMACS is my operation
system' people.

There's room for everyone. Except Steve Ballmer, of course.

-dsr-

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