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For sure there are projects that are driven by dollars, but many that are not... If we're going to get a desktop environment with the level of openness that the
by cmiles74 9y ago
For sure there are projects that are driven by dollars, but many that are not... If we're going to get a desktop environment with the level of openness that the OP would like, I do think this would be a job for libre developers as it is fundamentally at odds with the pursuit of dollars via lock-in (that is, every app would be increasing the value of the OS and sacrificing lock-in of the customer's data).
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoIt's a dilemma isn't it, without funding it probably won't happen, with funding it's corrupted in some way.
- cmiles74 9y agoI'm not seeing how products that are funded are "corrupted". I think that products that are funded need to make money and that drives the pressure to cordon off the customer's data and to lock them into the specific application. I'm not saying that this is innately bad (though some people might), but that it runs counter to this idea of building an OS that does more than simply launch software and store data. If you're feeling pressure to own the customer's data, then you won't be all that interested in making your application available to the rest of the OS by providing a suite of services.