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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: KWord development
From:       "Robert D. Williams" <rwilliams () jrc-utah ! com>
Date:       2000-05-21 15:43:49
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Very good news!

On Sun, 21 May 2000, Reginald Stadlbauer wrote:
> 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 :-))
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > Reggie,
> >
> > we just signed a contract to employ 2 programmers for 2 years dedicated
> > to KWord development. [...]
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > 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>

-- 
Robert Williams       rwilliams@jrc-utah.com
Jarob Consulting      rwilliams@kde.org
Provo, Utah           rwilliams71@excite.com
USA

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