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List:       koffice
Subject:    KWord development
From:       Reginald Stadlbauer <reggie () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2000-05-21 14:11:13
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Hi!
As you might remember, I was looking for new KWord developes/maintainers some 
time ago. Now I received following message, which is for sure good for the 
KWord development :-))

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> Reggie,
>
> we just signed a contract to employ 2 programmers for 2 years dedicated to
> KWord development. [...]

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> Today, Kaiwal Software (Shane) Co., Ltd. and theKompany.com signed a
> sponsorship agreement to support the development of KWord. Two programmers
> will be available for dedicated KWord development for a period of two
> years. TheKompany.com is sponsoring the salaries while Kaiwal is providing
> the equipment and the workspace in Phuket/Thailand.
>
> Enhancements planned include, but are not limited to, filter development,
> keeping KWord up to date with the ongoing KDE developments, integrating
> scripting facilities and internationalization. All contributed code will be
> published under either the GPL or the LGPL.
>
> We recognize the importance of a full blown Office suite for KDE and Linux
> to give users strong incentives to migrate from MS Office and Windows.
> KWord as a key application of KOffice will play an important role in this.
> To achieve that goal we'll help to make KWord as stable, slick and feature
> rich as possible.
>
> Contacts:
>
> Kaiwal Software (Shane) Co., Ltd.
> 48 Villa 1
> Phuket 83000
> Thailand
> http://www.kaiwal.com
> Rüdiger Koch <rkoch@kaiwal.com>
>
> theKompany.com
> 5 Coluso
> Rancho Santa Margarita, CA  92688
> United States of America
> http://www.theKompany.com
> Shawn Gordon <shawn@thekompany.com>

-- 
Reggie (reggie@trolltech.com)

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