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Subject:    Re: Making KDE software the #1 choice for research and academia
From:       Tomaz Canabrava <tcanabrava () kde ! org>
Date:       2017-10-04 8:22:41
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I really like that idea.

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 1:53 AM, Thomas Pfeiffer <thomas.pfeiffer@kde.org>
wrote:

> Dear KDE Edu, RKward and Kile communities,
> I'm writing to you directly in case some of you might not follow the
> kde-community mailing list or Planet KDE regularly:
> In mid-August, after Akademy, KDE started a process to set goals for the
> community to focus on over the next 3-4 years [1].
>
> Since then, we've been collecting proposals for such goals, and one
> proposal I
> sent in was "Making KDE software the #1 choice for research and academia"
> [2].
>
> I know that KDE has a lot of great software to offer for research and
> academia, but in my opinion currently we're not as present there as we
> should
> be.
>
> That's why I'd like KDE as a community to strengthen our ties to
> institutions
> and organizations in that field, and make our software even better through
> communication and collaboration with them (and possibly even funding from
> them).
> More details can be found in the Phabricator ticket [2].
>
> If you think this is a worthy goal to pursue, I'd be happy if you could
> join
> the discussion on the ticket, and ideally add yourself to the "I am
> willing to
> put work into this" section of the description.
>
> Thank you,
> Thomas
>
> [1] http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2017/08/20/evolving-kde-lets-
> set-some-goals/
> [2] https://phabricator.kde.org/T6895

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<div dir="ltr">I really like that idea.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div \
class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 1:53 AM, Thomas Pfeiffer <span \
dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:thomas.pfeiffer@kde.org" \
target="_blank">thomas.pfeiffer@kde.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear KDE Edu, RKward and Kile communities,<br> I&#39;m \
writing to you directly in case some of you might not follow the<br> kde-community \
mailing list or Planet KDE regularly:<br> In mid-August, after Akademy, KDE started a \
process to set goals for the<br> community to focus on over the next 3-4 years \
[1].<br> <br>
Since then, we&#39;ve been collecting proposals for such goals, and one proposal \
I<br> sent in was &quot;Making KDE software the #1 choice for research and \
academia&quot; [2].<br> <br>
I know that KDE has a lot of great software to offer for research and<br>
academia, but in my opinion currently we&#39;re not as present there as we should<br>
be.<br>
<br>
That&#39;s why I&#39;d like KDE as a community to strengthen our ties to \
institutions<br> and organizations in that field, and make our software even better \
through<br> communication and collaboration with them (and possibly even funding \
from<br> them).<br>
More details can be found in the Phabricator ticket [2].<br>
<br>
If you think this is a worthy goal to pursue, I&#39;d be happy if you could join<br>
the discussion on the ticket, and ideally add yourself to the &quot;I am willing \
to<br> put work into this&quot; section of the description.<br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
Thomas<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2017/08/20/evolving-kde-lets-set-some-goals/" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/<wbr>2017/08/20/evolving-kde-lets-<wbr>set-some-goals/</a><br>
 [2] <a href="https://phabricator.kde.org/T6895" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">https://phabricator.kde.org/<wbr>T6895</a></blockquote></div><br></div>




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