2005/11/9, Andreas Girardet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 8:49 am, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >> > >> "we are not dropping KDE entirely, we will make Gnome the default > and > >> the recommended platform but the plan is to continue to offer KDE as > an > >> option in all of the Linux products. We have had to implement a > large > >> restructuring in the product development area and needed to focus > our > >> efforts. We are working on a full FAQ on our desktop strategy that > will > >> be available to you, but we will not be eliminating KDE as a part > of > >> this plan. I hope this helps." > >> > >> I think this helps hugely! And I am so happy the rumors are NOT > true. > > > > > > I don?t know any important distribution that have drop KDE or Gnome > > completely, I just don?t think that?s the point the thing is that > SUSE is by > > now the best KDE distribution out there, that's why i'm a SUSE user > and that > > my friend is going to change. > > > > And i can see only two important reasons to focus on Gnome: > > > > 1. Mono, but why not to force Icaza to implement QT in Mono !!! He?s > answers > > about it are ridiculous, is that more difficult than focus all SUSE > on Gnome > > ?? > > > > > Good point. But why would you re implement something in another > toolkit? One toolkit is enough. I rather have the toolkits > compatibilities between each other improved. From what I can follow via > the KDE project, this is exactly what is going to happen anyhow. > > > Personally I can see why Gnome will be pushed more as it will leverage > our large investment into Gnome. KDE is so well maintained by the non - > suse KDE community that SUSE is going to continue to be the best KDE > desktop, but additionally to that it will also be the best Gnome > desktop. KDE standard packages are so good that hardly any real > maintenance has to be done as many of the lead kde developers are part > of the SUSE team and from what I can gather, they still will be. > > There is nothing wrong with focusing on what is possible to be ready > for the fight with M$ once Vista is out. > > > 2. LGPL, Is easy to make closed applications using Gnome than using > KDE. > > > > > I don't really know why that would be a bad thing. After all SUSE is > already a mix of closed and open applications. > > > So yes, i thing this is a bad thing > > > > > KDE is still going to be around and SUSE is still going to be the best > KDE desktop. We still are going to have a fully maintained KDE. I would > think that in real world terms all that changes is that the gnome > desktop will get better and more integrated, but in the end we as a SUSE > community now have the reigns when it comes to making sure that KDE is > going to be at a par. > > I honestly think this is actually a good thing as it puts the control > of a KDE desktop into our hands (as it should be) and we can make it > even better. This is after all why the openSUSE community was founded, > to allow certain parts of the product to be maintained by the community > and allow us as Novell to concentrate as a business on those items that > will make Linux a winner in the corporate environment and ultimately > provide a clear choice to todays PC user. > > I don't know when the FAQ will be available, but as soon as I know I > let you all know. > > KDE is NOT a gonner and is here to stay as intrinsically part of our > products. SUSE will stay the best KDE desktop. I will do my part to > ensure the latter. If we all as a community do our part than I have no > doubt that SUSE is going to rule the Gnome/Enterprise market and the > KDE/Home user market. After all it is up to us to make this happen. I am > glad that this is still the case. > > I can understand the frustration around these rumors and I am just > mightily thankful they are just that. > > > Go SUSE go!
When Novell buy SUSE, i said "mmm SUSE is going to be more closed and i don´t like this", but the time have show me that SUSE become even more open than before ( Yast is now GPL, opensuse, etc ), so i think i can just wait and see if SUSE maintain the high quality in the KDE desktop. Thanks. pd: Sorry for my bad english -- Marcel Mourguiart
