From kde-core-devel  Thu Jul 02 21:44:31 2009
From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:44:31 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Repositioning the KDE brand
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On Thursday 02 July 2009, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> Really ?

yes, really. i don't think many people are aware of the full extent of the=
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issue because the most controversial stuff traditionally happens quietly an=
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behind "closed doors". in this case, the relevant conversations to this=20
particular issue were had with an fd.o admin on irc in a private query. i'm=
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not sure how many people involved with Akonadi even knew the relationship=20
between GNOME People and their submission to fd.o.

now, i have nothing against people using Vala. i mean, knock yourself out w=
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whatever you find exciting and great and useful.=20

but the F/OSS platform needs to be driven by pragmatic choices, not the=20
limitations of what certain individuals are comfortable programming in or w=
hat=20
essentially amounts to loyalty-by-project-association.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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