Comments on: Thought of the day http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2007/01/11/thought-of-the-day/ Dave Neary's view of the world Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2007/01/11/thought-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2007/01/11/thought-of-the-day/#comment-515 Please bear with us and keep this corporate talking for you. Please bear with us and keep this corporate talking for you.

]]> By: Dave Neary http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2007/01/11/thought-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Dave Neary Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2007/01/11/thought-of-the-day/#comment-516 As much as I'd like to respond to this fine comment, I don't talk to people who post anonymous comments on blogs. Who are you?<br/> As much as I’d like to respond to this fine comment, I don’t talk to people who post anonymous comments on blogs. Who are you?

]]> By: Philip Van Hoof http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2007/01/11/thought-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-517 Philip Van Hoof Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2007/01/11/thought-of-the-day/#comment-517 Hey Dave,<p/>As one of the active and programming members of the GNOME community you are talking about, I disagree with this anonymous person (he also has no right to dictate what you should blog about) and agree with your point of view.<br/> Hey Dave,

As one of the active and programming members of the GNOME community you are talking about, I disagree with this anonymous person (he also has no right to dictate what you should blog about) and agree with your point of view.

]]> By: Luis http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2007/01/11/thought-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-518 Luis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2007/01/11/thought-of-the-day/#comment-518 <p><i>GNOME is not a project which is independent of commercial interests, <b>as much as we fancy ourselves as that.</b></i></p><br/><p>Maybe I'm just old and cynical, but I don't think most of us fancy ourselves that. We've been heavily commercial for a long time- frankly, 2.0 would not have been released without Sun and Ximian; we know that gtk is driven primarily by investment from RH; a11y driven primarily by investment from Sun; evolution primarily by Novell/Ximian... all of these things have been true for at least five years. Obviously it isn't perfect (and I think you're completely right that we should be more proactive in molding 'our' companies), but generally we've always viewed that commercial interest as a sign of success.</p> GNOME is not a project which is independent of commercial interests, as much as we fancy ourselves as that.

Maybe I’m just old and cynical, but I don’t think most of us fancy ourselves that. We’ve been heavily commercial for a long time- frankly, 2.0 would not have been released without Sun and Ximian; we know that gtk is driven primarily by investment from RH; a11y driven primarily by investment from Sun; evolution primarily by Novell/Ximian… all of these things have been true for at least five years. Obviously it isn’t perfect (and I think you’re completely right that we should be more proactive in molding ‘our’ companies), but generally we’ve always viewed that commercial interest as a sign of success.

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