So of course, slashdot brought out the old saw about how THIS year was the year Linux Desktop. Of course, I had a field day with this, tracing the meme back all the way to 1999, and I suspect the “almost ready” goes back even farther. Perhaps as far as 1996.
I couldn’t figure out why these stories keep getting posted every so many years. Then it dawned on me. The answer was so simple, I missed it. We’ve seen this cyclical “Year of the Foo” structure many times before.
“Linux Desktop” is part of the Chinese Zodiac.
