Abandon "Default Desktop"

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 12:51 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>   
>> It would make more sense for the Fedora Board to just come out and say
>> that they don't like anything but Gnome, and would prefer not to have
>> any resources go towards anything but Gnome. Because having
>> maintainers almost beg for a more equal access to potential users is
>> really kind of sad.
>>     
>
> The board would likely never say that.  However there are a large number
> of Fedora resources that are focused on new technology and advancements
> in the user experience.  Most of this effort is focused on the Gnome
> desktop.  This is due to the number of package maintainers in Fedora
> that are also the upstream developers.  
Perhaps more *DE upstream developers would be more willing to join and 
participate
if their *DE was competing on an equal ground against other *DE.

It's no rocket science to realize that the argument you gave is most 
likely the reason
for them staying away from the Fedoraproject.

They simply don't feel welcome @ the Fedoraproject.

Why is it so hard to abandon the "Default Desktop" concept and name it 
Fedora-Gnome.

Gnome has it's loyal fan base just like the other DE's have theirs.

Innovation is not going to stop for the Gnome project or Fedora in 
whole  if happens to be renamed.

The users that already use Gnome will continue to do so.

Earth wont stop spinning..

What are everybody afraid of ?

JBG
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