It needs a winning desktop with a real corporate sponsor. Gnome and kde are too bureaucratic for a "good" desktop. A leading hardware vendor is a great startin

It needs a winning desktop with a real corporate sponsor. Gnome and kde are too bureaucratic for a "good" desktop. A leading hardware vendor is a great starting point. It can force shame other DEs to support nonsexy but necessary features, it might spark other Linux hardware vendors to join / contribute. If a viable high end Linux hardware market can be spawned with apple-like margins then things can progress. But it might just be a other dead end. At least someone with resources is trying.