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Stroller wrote: |
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> On 8 Jan 2010, at 08:06, Dale wrote: |
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>> But KDE still dropped the support tho? That was my point. It wasn't |
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>> Redhat, Gentoo, SuSe or some other distro or even me that dropped it, |
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>> it was KDE that dropped it. |
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> 62% of KDE's developers are unpaid volunteers. [1] |
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> "We program for the sheer joy and fun that comes out of putting out |
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> such an awesome product. This has nothing to do with market share, |
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> mind share, corporate attention, or any other outside influence." [2] |
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> Stroller. |
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> [1] |
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> https://fossbazaar.org/?q=content/differences-between-paid-and-volunteer-foss-contributors |
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> [2] http://www.kde.org/announcements/gfresponse.php |
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Honestly, I don't care if it is 100% volunteers. They dropped the |
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support and a LOT of people, including me, are at the very least not |
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happy about it. Some were pissed and switched to something else, I |
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heard some went to Fluxbox because it was quick to install and light. |
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Some are trying to "get by" with KDE 4. Some like me are trying to |
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continue using KDE 3 until KDE 4 is able to step up to the plate. |
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Isn't Gentoo based on all volunteers? You think Gentoo would just drop |
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portage like KDE dropped KDE 3? From my understanding, even some really |
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old versions of portage will still work. I could test this theory by |
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using my old Gentoo 1.4 CD on a test install. |
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So, as I have been saying all along, repeatedly, Gentoo did not drop the |
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ball here, KDE did. If KDE didn't drop the ball then why is Redhat |
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having to step up and do the job on the KDE developers? |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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