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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: theKompany widgets in KOffice
From:       ian reinhart geiser <geiseri () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2001-09-20 16:34:47
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On Thursday 20 September 2001 12:35 pm, Roberto Teixeira wrote:
> Em Quinta 20 Setembro 2001 12:44, ian reinhart geiser escreveu:
> > Personally I would love to have some real companies who make money for a
> > living (Read Adobe, SAP, CA...) to have native KDE support in their unix
> > applications.  What kind of message are we sending to them now?
>
> Actually I do think more and more money-making companies (isn't it
> redundant?) will have KDE support in their applications. I think most
> people here would agree with me in that I don't know any
> toolkit/application framework even close to the quality offered by KDE. And
> this _is_ good IMO.
>
what i mean by money makeing companies is not companies like loki or eazil... 
i mean like big ones that will show off the power of KDE... IBM viavoice is a 
good example of a real company who makes money targeting KDE, but has 
anything every come out of that? 


> > This is not a weekend hobby any more, we have something here that has
> > potential.  You dont see GNOME complaining when a company donates code to
> > CVS or releases an application for their toolkit...
>
> On the contrary, the more they contribute the better. The only thing I
> wouldn't like to see is a company gaining control of the project. It has
> happened to a certain level in KDE where Ximian shamelessly removes code
> from "independent" GNOME developers and add their own versions of it (no, I
> don't have any evidence other than complains on GNOME mailing lists). But I
> wouldn't see a problem even in a company wanting to participate on decision
> making.
that is a risk we need to evaluate, its the price you pay for greatness...

i mean look how many companies sponsor kernel development, no-one as far as i 
know controls the linux kernel as for corperate interests. 
as for the companies,  let them modify the source their content... it is GPL 
(and various other open source licenses) anyway, if we dont like it we should 
change the license to closed source...  my concern is makeing ourselves more 
attractive to the older stuffy software houses.  These are the ones who will 
be arround for a while.  yes i have a low opinion of linux companies and 
.coms...  i dont see VA or loki showing off anything remarkable lately.  

- -ian reinhart geiser
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