There's hope for a unified Linux desktop yet
Seems like everyone got tired of clawing at reach other and instead decided to get down to work last week. Moreover, not only was the acrimony factor way down, but also the helpful factor was way up. What a change! It's been a good week. Top of this list last week had to be Sun's continued move towards an Open Source future. Having previously released Solaris and a variety of Java tools to the Open Source community, the company announced they will be giving away the Java Enterprise System, N1 System Manager, Identity Management Suite, SunRay server software, developer tools, and more. Sun is also planning to fully integrate all of this software into the Solaris OS and provide an integrated stack called the Solaris Enterprise System. The free distribution is a precursor to full release as Open Source. While the announcement is encouraging, two key pieces of information were missing: A timetable and a commitment to a particular license.
Two popular content management systems were also in the news this week.
Gnome managed to wind up in the headlines on a couple of occasions this week.
Also in the Linux desktop department was news of an interesting event that took place on the last weekend in November. Open Source Development Labs brought together architects from over two dozen desktop Linux projects in an effort to work out their differences and to find common ground in the effort to create a viable Linux desktop.
While the critics largely keep their opinions to themselves this week there was a very interesting piece in The Guardian.
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