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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: Oh man. ***Can*** wait for KDE2 to go GOLD!
From:       Michael Petter <mpetter () umr ! edu>
Date:       1999-11-18 18:18:19
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For what it's worth, I totally agree.  Better to wait for more bug-free 
code that settle for coredumps en masse now!

- Michael


On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 09:13:13AM +0000, Derek Fountain wrote:
> Great news, but please Please PLEASE!!!! don't release it until it's
> ready - even if that takes another year. If there's one type of mud that
> really sticks in the software industry, it's that of software that
> doesn't work properly. If you let users down, they never forget it.
> 
> MS has been stuck with this label for years. So have GNOME. I subscribe
> to the GNOME lists (I like to follow what's going on) and there are
> still grumblings on there that GNOME is still seen as buggy and
> unreliable. Most GNOME people seem to think they have the problems
> cleaned up, and after 50+ revisions to V1.0 they darn well should have,
> but there's no doubt they have been tarred with a very sticky brush.
> 
> KDE's great benefit is that it works. It is a desktop which justifiably
> sits on top of UNIX because it's reliable. If I hear someone say KDE-2.0
> will be ready in time for such-and-such a show or event like GNOME
> was(n't), I'll be very alarmed.
> 
> I'm sure I don't need to spell this out to the developers, but I will
> anyway: We (the users) will wait patiently for as long as it takes to
> get a stable KDE-2.0. 
> 
> 
> Mosfet wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, that's probably right for the final release I would say, with betas
> > before that. KDE has an extensive beta process so the exact date of
> > release depends on how many bugs are found I guess ;-)
> > 
> > Troy Telford wrote:
> > >
> > > So how close is KDE2?  Where would you 'ballpark' it being complete?  (I
> > > know... it'll be released when it's done... but at the current rate of
> > > development, is that anytime soon?  (Spring 2k?)
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