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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Novell comments on the future of KDE in SuSE
From:       George Staikos <staikos () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-11-07 5:21:46
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On Thursday 06 November 2003 09:48, Mark Bucciarelli wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 November 2003 1:00 am, George Staikos wrote:
> > Is there anything we can or should do to respond to this announcement?
> 
> Take a lesson in how having a corporate face to GNOME (Ximian) has helped
> their promotion in the U.S.?  Then put that learning to work to guide our
> promo activities here in the U.S.
> 
> If folks here are wringing their hands, many other not so closely connected
> to KDE are having doubts as well.  I know I did.

   The idea of creating a KDE company is something that I'm very hesitant 
about.  I'm not willing to put on the line what I have already in order to 
create a company with no real business model, based entirely off venture 
capital, and doomed to failure unless someone magically buys me out one day.  
That's also not the reputation that I want.

   It would really be nice to have such a company to feed off of though! :-)  
Seriously, how exactly would one go about setting up a company like that 
where there is no real market for it, no sustainable business model, and 
funding is hard to find?  Is this really realistic?  I'm sure there is a way 
to make a business model out of this, but I'm skeptical that now is the right 
time, or that "KDE" is even the right approach.

-- 
George Staikos
KDE Developer				http://www.kde.org/
Staikos Computing Services Inc.		http://www.staikos.net/

 
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