On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Jima wrote: >> *http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060421/D8H4K0J01.html > > Throughout reading this article, I kept being reminded of the Linux > Standards Base. "Didn't LSB do this years ago?" Then I got to the ninth > paragraph, where they first mention LSB by name. > Just seemed to me that A) they really beat around the bush and B) it > isn't exactly news. I did notice the part about LSB 3.1 being the first > version to cover desktop distros, though. I think that was the news: Now LSB 3.1 is out and it covers desktop distros. Also, they reported that the new standards-compliant desktops are coming soon. I was glad to see this news. It was written for people who don't know about LSB, obviously, but news agencies have to try to serve the other 99.9% of the population when possible! ;-) Mike