From kde-devel Mon May 24 12:18:17 1999 From: Uwe Thiem Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 12:18:17 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: K abiword port X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=92753566705265 On Mon, 24 May 1999, Torsten Rahn wrote: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > may want to ask abisoft on their opinion regarding a port first. Last time I > > ported the gimp to KDE, I got some heavy critisicm, mainly from Scott Goehring, > > president of http://www.wilberworks.com/ . The reason is obvious: they want > > to earn money with support and customization, a better and therefore easier > > useable and customizable GIMP will harm their business. They same _may_ apply to > > If I remember correctly a KDE- and a GNOME-compile-option would have > been > accepted ... > In spite of having used this program for a long time now: *please* have > mercy! > Anyone, please restart the KIMP-project -- I really hate this crappy > GIMP-user-interface ... It isn't just the interface. GIMP itself is a poor hack. Try to use it on a 64bit box. It won't survive 20 secs. Uwe ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uwe Thiem Tel: +264 - 061 - 244511 P.O.Box 30955 Fax: +264 - 061 - 244511 Windhoek Email: uwe@uwix.alt.na Republic of Namibia uwe@kde.org http://www.kde.org ********************************** You can still escape from the GATES of hell: Use KDE! -------------------------------------------------------------------------