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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] Addressbook - link to advance contacts ?
From:       David Bishop <tech () bishop ! dhs ! org>
Date:       2002-06-13 21:11:28
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On Thursday 13 June 2002 02:35 pm, Bryan Brunton wrote:
> <<All other quotes are about, that you could help us with libkabc - that
> doesn't mean, that you shuld drop your work.>>
>
> Lets review the following quote that has been attributed to a well known
> member of kde-pim:
>
> "Why do you want to reinvent the wheel to be portable? It's certainly less
> effort to make the kde-pim apps cross-platform than to write yet another
> addressbook and yet another calendar."
>
> I hope I didn't take that too far out of context.  If I can identify the
> meaning here he means that (1) I shouldn't write another application and
> (2) I should help make the kde-pim apps cross-platform.  Then again, if he
> is simply making a normative statement about the levels of effort involved
> in each endeavor, and in no way referencing that statement to what I
> "should" be doing, then he isn't. I could be wrong as I was never too big
> on theory of meaning in my philosophy courses.  Is my shirt red?  Well,
> that depends ...


I'm sorry, I thought we were talking about the current discussion, the one 
regarding making KDE applications able to use Advance's addressbook.  Making 
snide comments really doesn't help anyone, and I tried really, really hard to 
come across as a nice, reasonable guy.  Maybe too nice :-(

> Actually I am interested in helping to work on parts of KDE.  Then perhaps
> I wouldn't have to strip loads of stuff out of KLocale and KDateWidget as I
> have done in Advance.

Good luck! Have Fun! 

- -- 
A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in. 
  --Kim Alm, a.s.r 
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