As the standards are provided and then adopted, the Linux desktop will snowball. Microsoft can compete with a Sun, a Red Hat or a Novell, but they won't be able to compete with an ecosystem of Linux desktops, Jim Zemlin
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![[The new LSB desktop group will be dealing with more than just KDE and GNOME issues though. It will be dealing with] all issues dealing with interoperability, ... everyone at the table, and motivated to make the Linux desktop a success, everyone will be seeking a consensus. This may not [mean] making developers choose between KDE and GNOME, but instead finding a way to make it easier for ISVs to create applications that can easily work with both. - Jim Zemlin Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBKaW0gWmVtbGluICAgIA==&num=1 "[The new LSB desktop group will be dealing with more than just KDE and GNOME issues though. It will be dealing with] all issues dealing with interoperability, ... everyone at the table, and motivated to make the Linux desktop a success, everyone will be seeking a consensus. This may not [mean] making developers choose between KDE and GNOME, but instead finding a way to make it easier for ISVs to create applications that can easily work with both. - Jim Zemlin Quotes")