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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: KWord development
From:       mosfet <mosfet () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-05-21 20:56:16
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Good deal!

I know of Shawn Gordon and the Kompany. He's a good guy and very much
into KDE :)

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>
> 
> --
> Reggie (reggie@trolltech.com)

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