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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Re: QT Apps on KDE-Apps.org
From:       Harri Porten <porten () froglogic ! com>
Date:       2004-07-10 8:37:30
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0407101020580.10668-100000 () alster ! froglogic ! com
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On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Fabrice Mous wrote:

> On Friday 09 July 2004 23:21, Harri Porten wrote:
> > On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Fabrice Mous wrote:

> > In which way does the existance of Opera help KDE? It's a perfect counter
> > example of what you're saying IMO.
> 
> it is how you look at it
> 
> If you say to a person new to Linux/KDE:
> 
> "Hey, this is the KDE desktop and you have several apps like Konqueror, KMail
> and Opera"
> 
> "Ah ... you have Opera with KDE?"

"Yes. And Mozilla, too!" is what you could add at this point as they both
integrate equally well.

> But indeed the two browsers are competitors.

I completely agree that the existance of such apps has *some* benefit. But
one has to weigh the benefits against the drawbacks which might lead to
conflicting results.

> You think the same about the other Qt apps I listed, btw?

Not necessarily. If there's a specialized software like a CAD or ERP
system that the KDE project is unlikely to ever produce that's a different
issue (isn't QCad even Free Software?). But if there's product with zero
integration (styles, protocols) or contribution (code, tool) to KDE ...

But that's really just my opinion as I personally didn't see any proof of
a "cross pollination" for KDE, yet.

Harri.


 
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