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Re: Linux at COMDEX/Canada West '99

Brian Bray
Fri, 02 Oct 1998 18:43:28 -0700

Vincent Janelle wrote:
>
> I object.
>
> We need to show CDE. CDE is a standardized desktop across Unix systems,
> and a lot of places won't even consider something else if it doesn't have
> CDE. It exists, but if they don't know about it..
>

"Red Hat sent out a notice saying that their version of CDE is full of
nasty security bugs. One can reasonably assume that most other CDE
implementations out there have the same problems. Their notice says it
all: "Because CDE is not Open Source software, we have no ability to fix
either the minor bugs that have been reported over the last year, or
these more important security bugs." There is no fix available. Red Hat
has announced that they will cease to sell CDE."

My feeling is that most COMDEX attendees have never even heard of CDE.
They've heard of Motif, but lump it in with GEM and Presentation
Manager.

-Brian