Looking back at 2004

Looking back at 2004

Posted Dec 23, 2004 11:30 UTC (Thu) by Duncan (guest, #6647)
Parent article: Looking back at 2004

IMO, LWN did decently well, except in missing the xfree/xorg thing. The
signs were there, but I think what prevented most folks from seeing them
was the institution that xfree was. Imagining the free software world
without the slow moving and insular institution that xfree had become by
the end of 2003 was like imagining the world without the Berlin Wall at
the end of 1988 -- the signs of its imminent demise might have been there,
but few believed it would actually happen. Yet, at the end of the
respective years one year later, looking back, it was rather the event
that shaped the whole year, the one people look back and remember the year
for, each in its realm, political, or open source software.

Yes, I know some others don't see the comparison, but I /did/ say "IMO"...
Anyway, that LWN missed it while it seems obvious now, is hardly their
fault. Who else would have dared predict it?

Duncan

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