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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Speaking of the KDE league...
From:       blackfarm <blackfarm () mountain ! net>
Date:       2001-06-09 3:39:49
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There was nothing miss leading about saying that commercial apps are \
getting  the shaft. You act as if there is an over load of story's and you \
could'nt  fit in "another" commercial app story in there. The truth is \
sometimes the  same story is on the dot all week long. If we're lucky we \
might see two  stories. So i think everyone knows that there is no shortage \
of space for  application announcements. I think its obvious that theres a \
sort of hacker  elitist prejudice against commercial ventures. This \
stuberness against  commercial software is hurting KDE. The ability to \
choose between developing  closed or open source with QT is a strength of \
the Qt license. That choice  does not exist on the other side of the fence. \
This should be one of our  talking points. Instead we let the Richard \
Stallmens out there make us play  down our strength and become embarrassed \
by it. The choice that exists with  the Qt license is the major advantage \
of kde. Lets not let the competition  frighten us and make us ashamed of \
our KDE commercial side. Thats what they  want to make us ashamed of our \
strength. You can play ignorant of what I'm  talking about and forget about \
kde's commercial applications but your only  hurting kde. Please enough BS \
about what you were going to write and all  that. Its not to late to change \
course and get back on track. KDE will come  out on top with the help of \
volunteers and the commercial members of the  community. If we work \
together.

Craig
 
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