On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 03:50:02PM +0200, Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > They can do any damn thing they want to with their code. They also you owe > > support for it in exactly the same amount you paid for it. Which is to say > > "nothing". > > > > It's not a question of "should", it's only a question of "Dale would prefer > > it > > if" > > > > > > So, you think most of the KDE users were happy to see support for KDE3 > being dropped, especially considering KDE4 was much less than stable? > For me and a lot of others, it was worthless at first. It was good eye > candy but not functional even for the little I do. > > Yea, it is what I want but it is also what MANY others wanted. Some of > those people switched to something else or still use KDE3. It's their > code, but if people stop using it, what is it really worth? I'm sure > KDE wants to gain users not piss them off and make them go away. > > For me, if KDE does such a lousy switch over again, I'll be using > something else. Given the posts I read where others have already done > so, I doubt I would be alone. I'm all for second chances. We all learn > the hard way sometimes. I'm just hoping KDE did. >
I had 8 users on kde before 3 was deprecated in 2009. Now I have zero. It was a harrowing time, switching everyone to gnome, finding that is not so hot, finally putting them on xfce. If xfce gets a wild hair and changes my plan is to dumb down the fluxbox or openbox configs I have for my own use, add some scripting and call it a day. No-one disputes the freedom of the devs to do anything they wish with their code. It's just like anything else in life: you're free to do anything you want. Just know the consequences before you act or you may get burned. -- caveat utilitor ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫
