I am merely saying that I doubt that this project could be a serous competetor to GNOME or KDE in its current non-open source state. The fact that it cannot be redistrubited is itself a major stumbling block, so yes, it could be a wonderful '2end best', but there already is a 'best' in GNOME or KDE which can be freely modified and redistrubited.
The problem is that it isn't open source, no matter how fast/cool/etc it actually might be. Thats why GNOME was formed, to create a totally free GUI, one which is totally under the GPL.
I agree, but it would be nice if, even after delaying the release forever and a day, that the finished still isn't riddled with bugs (ahem, M$).
Than again, there always is the great OSS expression 'Release early, release often', course that doesn't really apply to companies as much.
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I am merely saying that I doubt that this project could be a serous competetor to GNOME or KDE in its current non-open source state. The fact that it cannot be redistrubited is itself a major stumbling block, so yes, it could be a wonderful '2end best', but there already is a 'best' in GNOME or KDE which can be freely modified and redistrubited.
Remember that Windows 95 did look pretty nifty when it came out...
The problem is that it isn't open source, no matter how fast/cool/etc it actually might be. Thats why GNOME was formed, to create a totally free GUI, one which is totally under the GPL.
According to the Wired article, he's 18.
As I understand it, and please correct me if I am mistaken, in Linux only the Kernel is considered the OS, and everything else is software.
I agree, but it would be nice if, even after delaying the release forever and a day, that the finished still isn't riddled with bugs (ahem, M$). Than again, there always is the great OSS expression 'Release early, release often', course that doesn't really apply to companies as much.