Seconding/thirding/N-ing general consensus of those invested in the Linux desktop scene from the era that this wasn't the rhetoric or the feeling at that time.

Seconding/thirding/N-ing general consensus of those invested in the Linux desktop scene from the era that this wasn't the rhetoric or the feeling at that time. I think it'll take a stronger argument than this to convince anyone that lived through this era. Felt an apparent mania to shove mobile interfaces on to desktop computers for fear of missing the next big thing, usability and sense be damned.