Hmm, is this true? Do people consider this to be an important, and potentially "commercial-distro-choice-impacting" issue? And please be open minded and as objective as possible. In order for Linux and Open Source to succeed as a true paradigm-shift in the software/computer industry or a legitimate disruptive-technology, commercial acceptance and some sort of working relationship with closed-source, propietary systems is critical (IMHO).
"So, what to use? The final choice is obviously between KDE and Gnome, the most mature projects up-to-now. I would choose the latter. " "First of all, let me thank the KDE group for the big job they have been doing. KDE is probably more complete than Gnome at this moment, but this one has a huge advantage in its turn: it is based on the LGPL-licensed Gtk+ libraries, while KDE is based on the Qt ones, which are commercial under Win & Mac and commercial or GPL'ed under X11 (Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc.). This means you cannot write closed-source Qt software (I personally hate it, but some Companies think different) under Linux without paying big money to Trolltech, and you cannot write cross-platform (Win+Mac+X11) Qt software, neither opensource, without spending a lot of money in licenses. Also, Gnome seems to me cleaner and newer, less bloated and ready to help people affected by disabilities (see Atk for this). Moreover, the most important opensource projects are released for (or will be ported to) the Gtk+/Gnome world." http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2837 <hr> <b><font color=blue size=4>Open Enterprise Solutions</font></b> <b><font color=red>Linux & Open Source Solutions for Business</font></b> Johnny Stork, BA Calgary, AB Canada <a href="http://www.openenterprise.ca";> www.openenterprise.ca</a> --------------------------------------------------- The Webtop Personal Web-based Email System http://www.yourwebtop.com
