On Friday 16 August 2013 10:12:29 Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On Friday, August 16, 2013 01:49:56 you wrote: > > Anyways, the question is why Canonical didn't have any talks about Ubuntu > > Touch. I personally found it a bit weird and wouldn't have expected that > > this years akademy was so much about mobile phone platforms *not* related > > to KDE. Actually I would have hoped to see some Vivaldi prototypes or > > demos > > instead of all those other platforms. Looking from that point of view, it > > Vivaldi is a hardware product to put Plasma Active on. It does not have a > monopoly on KDE interests, and I (and others involved) have no desire nor > expectation for exclusive interest and attention from KDE. Plasma itself > was, of course, represented in talks at Akademy.
Yet you expect Canonical to have those interests... > > There is no reason that there can not be multiplicity of mobile efforts > around KDE and Qt, and so I think it makes perfect sense to see all those > other platforms. Sure. I just wouldn't have expected that. > > In fact, if we can manage to attract multiple platforms there will be more > sources of input and support to our shared core technologies. We may even be > able to break through some of the more baseless conceptions about > competition and be able to cooperate more on non-differentiating > technology. > > If we want any hope of any of these minority platforms thriving we have to > start looking at it as both/and and pull in as many camps working on > relevant technologies as we can. > > So I think it makes perfect sense that there were these other platforms > there. > > Also, just as Ubuntu Phone is quietly using KDE Technology, I understand > Jolla is as well. We also share efforts on Mer. With Blackberry we have the > least in common, but we are collaborating on packaging formats with them > and they are a big supporter and contributor to QML these days. We have > commonalities and if Akademy can be the Big Tent we meet under, all the > more power to KDE. > > > p.s. The main reason there wasn’t anything more about Vivaldi (or, for that > matter, Bodega) is that I did not attend Akademy this year due to the birth > of my second child being expected around the same time. The others who work > on the project either do not usually attend Akademy or gave talks on Plasma > this year. All fine with me. I just don't understand why it is a problem if Canonical doesn't give a talk at akademy but its no problem for everyone else. Br, Michael _______________________________________________ kde-community mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
