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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Walt Mossberg
From:       "Jos Poortvliet" <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-09-18 13:12:39
Message-ID: 5c77e14b0709180612x3ca5b056kbc6e85064c1ea9fe () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 9/18/07, James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj@acm.org> wrote:
> Robert Knight wrote:
> > Hello James,
> >
> > I really do not think this is the best mailing list to discuss press
> > feedback about the Linux desktop in general, especially when neither
> > the article in question, nor your response deals with KDE directly.
> >
> Are you the InterNet Police? :-D

Na, I think he's kind'a right. Most of the things this guy complains
about have to do with non-KDE issues, or at least, they are polish
things someone needs to take care off - but I think most ppl are
already aware of those. It's just that we need some ppl to take it up,
and imho a distribution is the one who has to initiate it. It's mostly
boring, needs to be paid for, I think. Either way, posting here won't
help.

> Might I first comment that I seem to have left out a paragraph about
> polishing rough edges.
>
> IAC, My point refers back to an earlier posting.
>
> My posting is not about "press feedback", it is about user feedback.
> Mossberg writes a column as a *user*, not a reporter (which you would
> understand if you read his column) -- it is like a blog that happens to
> be published in the WSJ.  As such it is very widely read.  But the issue
> is that he does represent the thoughts of may computer users.
>
> Many (or most) developers don't seem to understand why Linux doesn't
> achieve a larger share of the desktop market.
>
> I stand by my previous statement that this will happen only when users
> such as Mossberg think that a desktop running on it works just as well
> as other desktops.  This will happen when we improve the product.
>
> The audience which I address this to is: developers.  Therefore, the
> developer list is the most appropriate place to post this (rather than
> posting it elsewhere and hoping that developers happen to see it).
>
> Specifically, how is this relevant to KDE?  Well if KDE worked lots
> better than GNOME, I could drop him a line and tell him that his opinion
> was based on GNOME and that KDE works much better and would solve all of
> his issues.
>
> I can't do that yet because I feel that KDE has many rough edges that
> need to be polished.  They aren't going to get polished till the KDE
> developer community realizes that this needs to be done sometime before
> KDE achieves world domination of the desktop.
>
> --
> JRT
>
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