> Uwe, the address-book-in-an-sql-database thingy has come up several
> times. The problem here is that this would make kde to require an sql
> dbms to function.

  Well, this is not a big deal. 

  -it is not needed to function (i.e. run), just to be installed, and
instantiatable. The postgres daemon for example is fairly small and you
can install it by just checking a box in RedHat. 

  -the decision to run CORBA services was done for reasons which are a lot
less compelling than the fact that with this we would end up having a nice
access method to the shared data: there are a lot of applications using
this!!!

  I am thinking for example to use the sql references as pointers in
certain applications: let's say I can drag a person from KAB to gofai, and
I will store only a "select xxx" which would give me the data directly
from the database, whenever I click it.

  The advantages outweight the problem of running one more daemon. Or even
that might be done using a CORBA service. 

               Lotzi