| Desktop Linux Summit wrap-up on tap |
Apr. 26, 2006
Veteran Linux journalist Joe Barr visited the Desktop Linux Summit in San Diego, Calif. this week, and has filed an entertaining and informative wrap-up analysis at NewsForge. Barr takes a clear-eyed, no-holds-barred (no pun intended) look behind the marketing-speak of such events.
"I enjoyed all of the talks I attended except the last one, where [IT analyst] Rob Enderle first recited Microsoft's version of the history of the world and then explained to the dwindling crowd why OEMs don't preload Linux," Barr writes.
About another speaker, Barr writes: "[Author Geoffrey] Moore [Dealing with Darwin] opined that Linux should not even bother to challenge Microsoft on the desktop. He makes that judgment based on observations of the characteristics of the dominant vendors, such as Microsoft and McDonald's, in various markets, and the characteristics of Linux. He doesn't see a good fit there. Personally, I agree that Linux will never make a good Microsoft or a good McDonald's. But neither do I see that as a requirement."
Barr has plenty more to say about the goings-on at the podium and behind the scenes of the Desktop Linux Summit. Read his complete article here.
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