On Embracing the Linux Desktop at the LF Collaboration Summit

"Man bites Dog.” It’s the classic example of how news works: editors pick the unexpected. Recently, Joe Barr from Linux.com wrote on his mixed feelings about attending the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit. Specifically he mentioned disappointment that the desktop was not a central topic of discussion at the meeting. I think Joe is a good journalist and have enjoyed working with him on stories over the years. I also think Linux.com is a fantastic source of Linux content, both for articles and increasingly video. In this case, I can understand where Joe is coming from given the specific session he attended, but I would like to clarify a few points in his article about the general level of attention desktop Linux received at our Summit. I’m puzzled how our agenda, or Joe’s article for that matter, could be the source of this slashdot headline. Then again, headlines (especially Slashdot ones) are meant to grab people’s attention, and this one is certainly more alarming than “Dog Bites Man” or the one I would have written: “Linux leaders talk about Linux.”