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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Giga Group: KDE predominant OS desktop
From:       Jonathan Singer <jsinger () genome ! wi ! mit ! edu>
Date:       2002-03-31 19:45:50
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> An interesting quote from 
> http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=701&a=24737,00.asp:


Actually, its:
<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=701&a=24737,00.asp>


> But Giga Information Group analyst Stacey Quandt, in Santa Clara, Calif., 
> said that the impact of the browser's release would probably be limited to 
> people already using the Gnome desktop environment and other Netscape 
> products [...] 
> 
> "I doubt many of those people already using the Opera browser and the 
> Konquerer browser found in KDE, which is the predominant open source desktop 
> environment, will find anything compelling enough in Mozilla 1.0 to shift 
> across," she said. 

Well, this is one analyst's unsupported assertion. It's a nice demonstration of how \
KDE's mindshare has improved tremendously in the last couple of years but I wouldn't \
take it as more than that.

The quote reminds me, though, of a point that badly needs to be made clearer to both \
users and journalists: the choice of desktop, be it KDE, Gnome or anything else, does \
not force you to use only KDE or Gnome apps. Users should understand that they can \
use KDE or Gnome with Mozilla or Konqueror, Kmail or Evolution, Ksirc or X-chat.



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