Re: Desktop innovation? Future of the desktop?

2010-04-07 Thread Peter Alcibiades
-innovation-Future-of-the-desktop-tp1753084p1754609.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Desktop innovation? Future of the desktop?

2010-04-07 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 07/04/2010 17:06, Richard Gaskin wrote: Within 10 years I see a world whose market share eliminates any single OS vendor holding a majority, instead becoming a plurality in which Apple, Microsoft, and Linux each enjoy about a third of the market. This would put Apple tripling its current

Re: Desktop innovation? Future of the desktop?

2010-04-07 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Alcibiades wrote: There's real innovation, for better or worse, going on in Linux desktops in the last year or two. ... Gnome and KDE are a lot freer to take risks than either MS or Apple, and they are taking advantage of that. I don't know that you would like the latest KDE, but its wo

Re: Desktop innovation? Future of the desktop?

2010-04-07 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 07/04/2010 09:40, Peter Alcibiades wrote: There's real innovation, for better or worse, going on in Linux desktops in the last year or two. KDE4 made an effort to redefine the desktop metaphor, its probably just about usable now, and now Gnome from a different starting point. Its a bit lost

Re: Desktop innovation? Future of the desktop?

2010-04-06 Thread Peter Alcibiades
you would like the latest KDE, but its worth looking at as an example of innovation in this area. -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/Re-Desktop-innovation-Future-of-the-desktop-tp1753084p1753934.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at

Re: Desktop innovation? Future of the desktop?

2010-04-06 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Alcibiades wrote: I don't use gnome, and preferred kde 3.5 to 4.x, and fluxbox to both of them, but evidently some are really really enthusiastic about the innovation which Gnome 3 supposedly represents. Gnome enthusiasts like Richard G may find this interesting. Peter http://blogs.tech

Desktop innovation? Future of the desktop?

2010-04-05 Thread Peter Alcibiades
I don't use gnome, and preferred kde 3.5 to 4.x, and fluxbox to both of them, but evidently some are really really enthusiastic about the innovation which Gnome 3 supposedly represents. Gnome enthusiasts like Richard G may find this interesting. Peter http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/openso