----- Original Message ---- > From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> > > I still don't understand why the kde folks went from something that > > worked extremely well to their current state. Baffling. > > KDE3 and KDE4 are not the same thing. > KDE4 is not the next version of KDE3. > > You must consider KDE4 to be a completely new product, unrelated to KDE3 in > any meaningful way except that many KDE4 devs used to work on a different > project called KDE3. > > Like all software, KDE4 is not for everyone - like you for example. But > there's nothing stopping you from maintaining KDE3 yourself. > > Why did the devs switch? Market pressures really. If you don't spot emerging > trends and follow them early, you run the risk of becoming redundant very > quickly. Ask Microsoft, they know all about this. > > They went from the undisputed behemoth market leader to staring the very > real
> threat of total obsolescence in three very short years. > > KDE devs decided to take the risk and make the jump ahead of the curve. > Very much agreed. Ever wonder why what Apple and Microsoft are doing seems to simply be copying what KDE did with KDE4? Yeah - KDE is on the forefront of the desktop right now, paving the path for how its going to be used by essentially everyone as a result. Ben
