'Re: [kde-promo] Who are KDE's main competitors?'

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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Who are KDE's main competitors?
From:       Steven Giacomelli <steve () orplex ! com>
Date:       2004-12-04 20:12:01
Message-ID: 41B21A11.3000800 () orplex ! com
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No i completely understand and agree -- but in order to be able to see 
how KDE fits in the desktop product enviroment -- it is important to 
consider other products avaliable and to look at each critically -- 
though in no way am i promoting negative tag-lines

I'm not looking at KDE vs others in the context of free software 
politics -- to be fair i dont really care about that -- and i dont think 
the average user cares either.

Steve

Tom Chance wrote:

> On Saturday 04 Dec 2004 02:01, Steven Giacomelli wrote:
> 
> 
> > Who are KDE's main competitors for desktop enviroments?
> > 
> > So far I understand that:
> > 
> > * Gnome
> > * Windows (9x, ME, XP, 2k etc)
> > * Sun's Java Desktop
> > 
> > Are there more?
> > 
> > 
> 
> One thing to bear in mind. In my opinion, thinking of Gnome, Xfce and other 
> Free Software community projects as _competitors_ in the same way that 
> companies compete is a really bad idea. Not only are we all hacker 
> communities working for similar reasons, but many of these projects also 
> share volunteers, code, standards and ideas.
> 
> I have no problem with KDE promo stuff saying things like: "KDE is the only 
> Free desktop to support advanced feature X" but I don't like to see Free 
> Software projects trying to one-up each other with negative statements. If 
> Gnome has something cool, there's no reason why KDE people shouldn't be very 
> public in their admiration, and hopefully integrate it into KDE ;-)
> 
> I find it especially grating when you see conspiracy theorists trying to 
> attack other Free Software projects when they appear to have corporate 
> backing. Visit Slashdot.org for that kind of nonsense.
> 
> Let's just promote KDE based on its merits :-)
> 
> Regards,
> Tom
> 
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No i completely understand and agree -- but in order to be able to see
how KDE fits in the desktop product enviroment -- it is important to
consider other products avaliable and to look at each critically --
though in no way am i promoting negative tag-lines<br>
<br>
I'm not looking at KDE vs others in the context of free software
politics -- to be fair i dont really care about that -- and i dont
think the average user cares either.<br>
<br>
Steve<br>
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Tom Chance wrote:
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  <pre wrap="">On Saturday 04 Dec 2004 02:01, Steven Giacomelli wrote:
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    <pre wrap="">Who are KDE's main competitors for desktop enviroments?

So far I understand that:

    * Gnome
    * Windows (9x, ME, XP, 2k etc)
    * Sun's Java Desktop

Are there more?
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One thing to bear in mind. In my opinion, thinking of Gnome, Xfce and other 
Free Software community projects as _competitors_ in the same way that 
companies compete is a really bad idea. Not only are we all hacker 
communities working for similar reasons, but many of these projects also 
share volunteers, code, standards and ideas.

I have no problem with KDE promo stuff saying things like: "KDE is the only 
Free desktop to support advanced feature X" but I don't like to see Free 
Software projects trying to one-up each other with negative statements. If 
Gnome has something cool, there's no reason why KDE people shouldn't be very 
public in their admiration, and hopefully integrate it into KDE ;-)

I find it especially grating when you see conspiracy theorists trying to 
attack other Free Software projects when they appear to have corporate 
backing. Visit Slashdot.org for that kind of nonsense.

Let's just promote KDE based on its merits :-)

Regards,
Tom

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