I really like that idea. On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 1:53 AM, Thomas Pfeiffer <thomas.pfeif...@kde.org> wrote:
> Dear KDE Edu, RKward and Kile communities, > I'm writing to you directly in case some of you might not follow the > kde-community mailing list or Planet KDE regularly: > In mid-August, after Akademy, KDE started a process to set goals for the > community to focus on over the next 3-4 years [1]. > > Since then, we've been collecting proposals for such goals, and one > proposal I > sent in was "Making KDE software the #1 choice for research and academia" > [2]. > > I know that KDE has a lot of great software to offer for research and > academia, but in my opinion currently we're not as present there as we > should > be. > > That's why I'd like KDE as a community to strengthen our ties to > institutions > and organizations in that field, and make our software even better through > communication and collaboration with them (and possibly even funding from > them). > More details can be found in the Phabricator ticket [2]. > > If you think this is a worthy goal to pursue, I'd be happy if you could > join > the discussion on the ticket, and ideally add yourself to the "I am > willing to > put work into this" section of the description. > > Thank you, > Thomas > > [1] http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2017/08/20/evolving-kde-lets- > set-some-goals/ > [2] https://phabricator.kde.org/T6895
