On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Don Sanders wrote:

> In fact I think KDE is quite unusual having such an open system. I think this 
> is normally a good thing but once or twice I've wished someone could 
> interrupt a discussion, say right this isn't getting us anywhere, last 
> comments everyone and then we'll have a vote tomorrow.

Sure, it's unusual - and sure, it's unusually successful. ;-) 

Sometimes discussions get lengthy, that's the downside of our utterly
open approach. Certainly, the advantages outweight that downside.

Uwe

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