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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kde's future
From:       Josef Spillner <dr_maux () maux ! de>
Date:       2000-12-29 20:13:35
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On Fri, Dec 29 2000 21:52 Richard Bos wrote:
> is the kde-league sufficient for kde future?
>
> according the underneath quote from an article it isn't;

Sure it is.
Why? Because in the past, and mainly in the present, both users and 
developers have proven that monopolists cannot survive a long time.
Thus, the question from a user's point of view isn't KDE || GNOME; instead, 
it is: how to get the best out of KDE && GNOME and other environments. Both 
are, from a programmer's point of view, only interfaces to a functionality 
which becomes more and more complex, and the common user hates complex 
applications.

Imagine a Gnome freak saying: "Is the Gnome foundation sufficient? With 
Caldera only, SuSE mainly, Borland indirectly supporting KDE..."

KDE's strength is the integration of Internet services, and as long as new 
applications arise every day (and they do) and continue to try to cover all 
aspects of modern computing, I do not see any fear.

Besides, I am supporting a project which has both KDE and Gtk+ (later on 
Gnome) faces, both not supported by any league or foundation, but with 
growing success. Humans have 2 eyes, but sevenfold that amount of desktop 
environments :-)

Josef Spillner

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