[OfB Talk] OfB.biz: Rendezvous with the Desktop

Fred Miller fmiller at lightlink.com
Mon Jul 5 23:26:48 CDT 2004


On Monday July 5 2004 11:26 pm, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> This past week a number of exciting developments toward the
> popularization of Open Source desktops occurred. Novell heralded the
> arrival of Mono 1.0. Mandrakesoft announced the acquisition of a French
> IT services firm, further indicating its return to financial health.
> Real Networks inked deals to bundle Helix and Real Players on major
> GNU/Linux desktops. Out of the noise and clammer, nevertheless, there
> are two announcements that I believe are the best tickets to moving the
> GNU/Linux desktop forward, and they both had a name other than Red Hat,
> Novell or Mandrakesoft attached to them. They both involved Apple.
>
> 	http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=316

Excellent! 

Fred

-- 
"Ballmer is no more designed for the art of persuasion 
than the Abrams tank is for delivering meals on wheels."




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