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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Novell comments on the future of KDE in SuSE
From:       Navindra Umanee <navindra () cs ! mcgill ! ca>
Date:       2003-11-05 6:30:38
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George Staikos <staikos@kde.org> wrote:
> To quote Novell's Vice President of R&D:
> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=84723&cid=7393279
> 
> "Yes, we will still support KDE on SuSE. However, we hope to use
> this opportunity to provide Linux developers and ISVs with a single
> stable platform for desktop application development."
> 
> Also see the quote from Miguel, CTO of Novell:
> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=84723&cid=7393029
> 
> If I read this correctly, they intend to phase out KDE support on SuSE, or 
> make it an option/add-on.  I guess some people have to result to sucker 
> punches when they can't win the fight any other way.

Yes, I believe you are correct.  Ximian has a strongest possible
foothold at Novell already and is pretty much lobbying to have KDE
sidelined: the default desktop on SUSE will likely be changed and
developers/ISVs are to be discouraged from targetting the KDE
development platform.

I have written Nat for confirmation of the above.

> Is there anything we can or should do to respond to this
> announcement?  (Not on slashdot of course.)

Do we have any SUSE contacts?  Have they made any arrangements at all
with Novell to make sure that KDE is not sidelined in the above
manner?  Maybe we can encourage SUSE to exert some pressure from their
end.

As it is, it seems SUSE/KDE has no visible representation at Novell.

Grumble,
Navin.
 
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