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Torvalds Takes Issue With De Icaza's Linux Desktop Claims
An anonymous reader writes "Linux creator Linus Torvalds has poured scorn on claims made by the co-founder of the GNOME Desktop project, Miguel de Icaza, that he (Torvalds) was in any way to blame for the lack of development in Linux desktop initiatives. De Icaza wrote in his personal blog: 'Linus, despite being a low-level kernel guy, set the tone for our community years ago when he dismissed binary compatibility for device drivers. The kernel people might have some valid reasons for it, and might have forced the industry to play by their rules, but the Desktop people did not have the power that the kernel people did. But we did keep the attitude.'"
Update: 09/02 18:39 GMT by U L : The original source of the comments (and an exciting flamewar between Free Software heavyweights).
Because "setting the tone" is something that happens on a social level, and has nothing at all to do with the technical capability of running on one operating system or another?
But that's just it. Gnome should have set their own tone. Google did with Android and it has attained massive market share. Miguel is just mad because of the huge backlash Gnome is suffering from. How about instead of blaming Linus he takes a look at the complaints against his project and does something about them. I've tried Gnome 3 and it stinks. I've also tried Gnome 2 and while it was boring and didn't really meet the polish standards set by OS X and Windows, it was at least comfortable to use and didn't cause me to install something else in frustration like Gnome Shell has. Gnome jumped the shark and lashing out at everybody else isn't going to make anything better.