How about forwarding this to the kde-gnome ml? Maybe the people on this
list have a possibility for understanding that Miguel is IMHO bad for the
cooperation between our projects.

On Wed, 19 May 1999, Matthias Ettrich wrote:

> On Wed, 19 May 1999, Sean Kendall Schneyer wrote:
> >I imagine this particular story will bring back some of the
> >previous FUD/flame wars that I thought had died down. I
> >can't post to the KDE thread because I have moderator points
> >at the moment, so if any of you get a chance, try to combat any
> >FUD and answer any questions that non-KDE users might have.
> 
> Isn't it strange? Developers of both teams try to work more closely together
> on a technical level and their self-appointed leader tries as hard as he can to
> make that politically impossible for the KDE team without losing face.
> 
> I'm still in favour of working with them to some degree, mainly for the benefit
> of linux users in general.  However, if Miguel continues with his flames and the
> gnome developers don't oppose to his behaviour, we have to assume that he
> actually represents their attitude or at least the attitude of their majority. 
> 
> When we are forced to draw this conclusion, I'm done with cooperation. It's
> always a nice feeling to be ethically on the right side but that doesn't imply
> that we have to behave like martyrs. 
> 
> I'd say it's up to the gnome developers now, to either pull Miguel back in line
> or drop him.
> 
> Matthias
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >// Sean
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