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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: Kylix to be built on Qt
From:       Kevin Forge <forge () myrealbox ! com>
Date:       2000-04-29 1:58:02
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"Evan E." wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Sam BC wrote:
> >
> > The downside is that Borland will presumably have to charge a fair fee for
> > a commercial edition of Kyrix whether or not they produce a free version...
> 
>     Not when you consider the economics of scale.  Troll Tech had to charge a
> hefty price originally, because it was a rather niche product.  The fact that
> Borland is now in the game shows that they can bank on selling MANY more
> copies, and they can drop the price and stay profitable.
> 
>     Of course, it dosen't matter much if Borland comes in or not... I think
> commercial KDE/Qt development will become a significant market soon.  Is Troll
> Tech public?  :)

No, but they took investment from Borland.  Maybe if you make them a
nice 
offer they will let you in a year or two before the IPO :).

Now if only we could take KDE onto the stock market.  Maybe if we make
kde.org 
a portal and sell all the Konqy T-shirts and stuff through the store :)
Now if we could just buy kde.com and make kde-common/accounts into
shareholders
and kde.org/gallery.html a board of directors <LOL>

PS : It's almost 2:00 AM here so forgive me if I have strayed too far
off topic.
     Need sleep.
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