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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: KParts and Bonobo
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-06-21 22:41:41
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On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 03:34:30PM -0700, Shawn Gordon wrote:
> I read about this yesterday I think.  Does anyone have an unbiased
> examination of the strengths and weaknesses of the two protocols?  I
> thought KParts was pretty elegant from what I was able to glean.

Don't believe the rumours.

KParts rocks and it's certainly not going to disappear.

And those who start rumours have no clue about the technical issues.

> Is a merger or elimination of KParts a likely reality?  Do either of
> these address an ActiveX type of plug in control that could be used in
> something like KDevelop or KDE Studio?
KParts is comparable to ActiveX, I guess, in terms of "using an unknown
component that provides a given service", and integration into IDEs
would be really nice in the long run, indeed.

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