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It's not always about simple existence. I suspect they thought they could get away with doing something that's totally different -- but the reaction they saw wa
by trjordan 12y ago
It's not always about simple existence. I suspect they thought they could get away with doing something that's totally different -- but the reaction they saw way that their users wouldn't see it that way.
They knew it existed, but they didn't know how much of a backlash they would be. Hindsight is 20/20.
- kstrauser 12y agoIt's not surprising that people were confused: > ...said Eric Lefkofsky, CEO. "When it's complete, Gnome will serve as an operating system for merchants to run their entire operation and enable them to create real-time promotions that bring customers into their business when they need them the most." I can understand GNOME being upset that a product described by its CEO as "an operating system" would pick their already well established name.