From kde-community  Fri Aug 16 16:51:37 2013
From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:51:37 +0000
To: kde-community
Subject: Re: [kde-community] Why were there no talks about Ubuntu Mobile at Akademy?
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On Friday, August 16, 2013 10:49:26 Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> - Our marketing efforts of "KDE is people" has backfired, Canonical n=
ow
> thinks KDE =3D Aaron and Aaron =3D KDE ;-)

That=E2=80=99s an incorrect conclusion, I fear. Canonical=E2=80=99s vie=
wpoint that I somehow=20
steer all of KDE as some sort of benevolent dictator has nothing to do =
with=20
our marketing of =E2=80=9CKDE is people=E2=80=9D. I won=E2=80=99t get i=
nto the why=E2=80=99s and how=E2=80=99s of=20
that, but trust me: they are unrelated.

I don=E2=80=99t want one company having arrived at the wrong conclusion=
s some time ago=20
impacting what has been a very successful campaign that is not related =
to=20
that.

> I think Aaron already made clear that he would be happy to work on sh=
aring
> as much as possible with the Plasma efforts he's involved in and kick=
 folk
> around him to do the same.=20

No kicking is necessary; everyone in Plasma feels this way. That=E2=80=99=
s why we have=20
routinely invited people from other projects (inc Canonical, btw) to To=
kamaks,=20
why we have reached out to them on the QML and other Qt mailing lists, =
why we=20
implemented the units API, why KWin devs have been talking with RazorQt=
, why=20
when we looked at a KDM replacement we invited Canonical (who showed up=
 and=20
participated very positively) as well as RazorQt, Hawaii and others.

> I just make the wild bet that the Frameworks
> folk are perfectly=20

You win the bet. That=E2=80=99s one of the core motivators behind the F=
rameworks=20
effort.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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