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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo]  Re:  Re:  Re:  Re:  Re: WSJ Strikeout and TypeHeads
From:       Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-04-11 8:41:14
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On Friday 11 April 2003 09:41, Neil Stevens wrote:
> 
> We're not Microsoft.  We don't gain *anything* because some company
> decides to use KDE.  Market share wins us nothing.  Only active
> volunteers keep this development effort alive.  Microsoft does well
> with gaining users because those users send money, which is what
> keeps the company going. With KDE, though, anything that doesn't get
> work done doesn't help.

I'm sure there are a lot of developers which get motivated by people 
actually using KDE, so market share does win us something.

Companies deciding to use KDE for parts of their business are able and 
in some cases they actually do pay for KDE development. For some 
developers this might not be an issue but there are developers who have 
to earn some money to pay their bills. If they can do that by 
developing for KDE this certainly is a gain for the project.

-- 
Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>
 
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