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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: KDE on WinNT
From:       Marc De Scheemaecker <marc () netvision ! be>
Date:       1997-12-29 18:39:22
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Kerry Webb wrote:
> 
> Bringing KDE to NT would be like Microsofts attempts at IE 4.0 for SunOS
> and "Slowaris".  It just won't work because the demand isn't there.  If
> I wanted to run IE 4.0, I would install WIndoze.  If I wanted to run
> KDE, which I do, then I would install one of the free Unices.  Besides,
> KDE would do nothing but make NT worse than it already is because
> "timeslicing" is much different under *nix than it is under NT.  The
> closest you could come to KDE would be installing OS/2 Warp 4.  Just my
> 2 cents.

It makes sense to make a KDE for Windows NT as many people have to run
certain applications under Windows :-( (there is e.g. no real
equivalent for "Rational Rose/Java" for Linux (if there is one, I would
gladly know where to get/buy it ;-))) In that case, I would make sense.

However, I doubt if it will be possible to change the user.exe (as it
will break whenever the next service pack is released).
Perhaps, we could create a kfm, kedit,... for Windows (just like the
Cygnus tools)... that would make more sense.

Just my $.02
-- 
Marc De Scheemaecker                                      NetVision nv
<marc@netvision.be>                            http://www.netvision.be

Using C++ as OO language is like using Windows NT as server platform:
Both look nice, but don't expect to do serious things.

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