I don't think this is really right. Windows did do legal bullshit, but that didn't cause GNOME 3 to happen. In fact, contributors were complaining that GNOME wa

I don't think this is really right. Windows did do legal bullshit, but that didn't cause GNOME 3 to happen. In fact, contributors were complaining that GNOME was stagnating years later, in 2008 [1]. GNOME 3 didn't really start development until late 2008. [1] http://wingolog.org/archives/2008/06/07/gnome-in-the-age-of-decadence http://wingolog.org/archives/2008/06/07/gnome-in-the-age-of-... Edit: Here's one of the founders of GNOME's opinion on the article from the last time this was posted: > This is nonsense. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32258035 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32258035