We're disappointed that we can't continue developing software and services for users of open-source software. Proponents of Linux herald the OS for its speed and broad support among programmers. Enter Eazel with its plans to develop a graphical user interface named Nautilus for Gnome 2.0, a popular Linux desktop environment. The company's cofounders included Apple vets Boich, Andy Hertzfeld, Bud Tribble, and Susan Kare. Eazel faced an uphill battle, says usability engineer Mike Kuniavsky, the one-time head of Wired' s interface research group and now an independent consultant.
Most people are much more likely to want a good hammer than a well-organized toolbox.
But Linux is modular. Many of the parts can work quite independently of the others, so there's no centralized control over the different projects. This lack of centralized control . If a project can get organized to outdo Mac or Windows, then it will. But I think it would take a very organized effort to do so.