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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: good press -- sort of
From:       Roberto Alsina <ralsina () unl ! edu ! ar>
Date:       1998-09-28 22:25:33
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On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Jonathan Clark wrote:

> Do you think you could find that magazine article that describes it as
> looking Mac like? I have use and do use the Mac platform, the Win
> platform, and of course the best the Linux platform. In KDE I do see
> resembles of both Win and Mac.

Most certainly. The link is probably outdated, but here is the quote:

http://www.thessasource.com/features/linux3.html

" The appearance of the KDE is quite presentable -- esthetically, its
greyish-silver color scheme causes it to appear much closer to the Mac OS 
than Windows."


> 
> Roberto Alsina wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, David Sweet wrote:
> > 
> > > "Linux Leaps Ahead: New Developments Could Put Linux
> > >       in the Limelight for Good"
> > > http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_2587.html
> > >
> > > The author mentions a "better interface" (bundled with Caldera) as one of
> > > the new developments, but doesn't mention it by name.
> > 
> > Yeah. And he says it looks like windows. I want to email him the article
> > in a Mac Magazine (ThessaSources?) where they say it looks more Mac-like
> > than Windows-like.
> > 
> > Or the one in Usenet where they say it's a GEOS clone :-)
> > 
> >  ("\''/").__..-''"`-. .         Roberto Alsina
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 ("\''/").__..-''"`-. .         Roberto Alsina
 `9_ 9  )   `-. (    ).`-._.`)  ralsina@unl.edu.ar
 (_Y_.)' ._   ) `._`.  " -.-'   Centro de Telematica
  _..`-'_..-_/ /-'_.'           Universidad Nacional del Litoral
(l)-'' ((i).' ((!.'             Santa Fe - Argentina
                                KDE Developer (MFCH)
"I can attempt anything, specialization is for insects" (50% Heinlein).
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