[Sussex] FreeDesktop.org

[Geoff Teale]

Chaps,

Interesting article on ZD-Net.  Nothing new here but it talks about the
freedesktop.org standards in the context of Gnome 2.2.  With Gnome and KDE
both moving towards this common standard we are not very far away from
having proper LINUX standard for GUI environments.  The article is at:

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-983648.html

UNIX has some very strong standards  (POSIX, Single UNIX, etc etc) for
systems programming that mean that most non-gui tools work on all UNIX
platofrms.  X11 is also heavily standardised - this final push on the
standardisation of processes involved in the operation of GUI environments
and applications is (for me at least) the most important step that needs to
be made in terms of getting a desktop that is as user-friendly as either Mac
OS or Windows.


-- 
geoff.teale at claybrook.co.uk
tealeg at member.fsf.org

"Injustice is happening now; suffering is happening now. We have choices to
make now. To insist on absolute certainty before starting to apply ethics to
life decisions is a way of choosing to be amoral."
   - Richard M Stallman


The above information is confidential to the addressee and may be privileged.  Unauthorised access and use is prohibited.
 
Internet communications are not secure and therefore this Company does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message.
 
If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful.
 
Claybrook Computing Limited is a subsidiary of Claybrook Computing (Holdings) Limited
Registered Office: Abbey House. 282 Farnborough Road, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7NJ
Registered in England and Wales No 1287205
 
A Hogg Robinson plc company