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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] banner on www.kde.org
From:       "Jos Poortvliet" <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-12-15 16:08:09
Message-ID: 5c77e14b0712150808x2af0cf03rb8a9acf48ae87291 () mail ! gmail ! com
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So the text should be XY days until the dream starts ;-)

On Dec 15, 2007 4:24 PM, Sven Burmeister <sven.burmeister@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I just saw the banner on kde.org: xy days until the dream becomes reality.
> 
> It is already very hard to mediate the difference between KDE 4 and KDE 4.0
> and statements like the one above are too easy to use against KDE because
> they imply that KDE 4.0 is already everything KDE 4 is about.
> 
> Of course one can interpret it differently but it just makes it too easy for
> critics that want to argue against KDE and state that a lot was promised that
> is missing in KDE 4.0.
> 
> Aaron once wrote a blog-entry about KDE 4.0 being the beginning of a
> revolution unfolding, i.e. KDE4. IMHO this is a far better approach to
> mediate what KDE 4 and 4.0 is about and should hence be used in banners and
> headings for announcements.
> 
> For developers KDE 4.0 marks the end of a long period and an achievment, i.e.
> porting to Qt 4, but for users it is a start/beginning and hence promo should
> phrase it that way.
> 
> Sven
> 
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