Monthly Archives: July 2003

Havoc Pennington of olde: “IMO we should end the thread based on that; configurability is always the best choice when it’s pretty simple to implement.”

Tim O’Reilly interviewed: “The critic of open source says, ‘Open source is just not very good at building easy-to-use software.’ And the open source defender says, ‘Oh, you haven’t seen the latest version of Gnome (GNU Object Model Environment). It’s … Continue reading →

“Jane! Get me off this crazy thing… Called love.”

No longer in the running: “He’s still interested in Debian, though, and actively helps in debian-gtk-gnome@l.d.o with advice, etc. He’s also involved with SPI as an Advisor representing the GNOME Foundation.” Thanks to Jordi for keeping his hopes up all … Continue reading →

Gnumeric turns 5 was posted to slashdot. One of the first comments: “This project could do with some marketing. I genuinely had no idea that it was even comparable to Excel in terms of features, and I’m no Linux n00b. … Continue reading →

Edd Dumbill is Sticking with GNOME. “For me, it’s a way of giving back for the years of good service I’ve had from the GNOME desktop environment.” This happens to everyone, eventually.

The sun rises at 5am, sets at 10pm. The days are long. Beer is served in pints, the heavier the better. The clubs play non-stop eighties music. It’s a gruelling endurance test. Blogging the conference was kind of hard, and … Continue reading →

Two totally sweet articles on FootNotes: A user’s look at changes in Nautilus since 2.2 and Gnumeric turns 5, now supports 100% of XL worksheet functions. ROCK ON!

Tim O’Reilly: “All Software Should Be Network Aware”. GNOME: GNU Network Object Model Environment. But first, we gotta get our local integration work up to speed!

“With fingernails that shine like justice, and a voice that is dark like tinted glass. She is fast, thorough, and sharp as a tack.”