Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How's the openrc update going for everyone?

[Dale]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Apparently, though unproven, at 16:38 on Thursday 12 May 2011, Dale did opine
> thusly:
>
>
>> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 12 May 2011 08:46:32 -0500, Dale wrote:
>>>
>>>> So, you think most of the KDE users were happy to see support for KDE3
>>>> being dropped, especially considering KDE4 was much less than stable?
>>>> For me and a lot of others, it was worthless at first.  It was good eye
>>>> candy but not functional even for the little I do.
>>>>
>>> I didn't switch until 4.3 or 4.4, KDE 3.5 worked fine for me up until
>>> then. It probably still works just as well now as part of the Trinity
>>> project.
>>>
>> Which supports my point.  Maintain KDE3 until KDE4 is stable and
>> usable.  If it is still working, which I think it is tho some fixes have
>> had to be made, then why couldn't KDE support KDE3 just a little while
>> longer.
>>
>
> So here's two killer questions for you:
>
> 1. How much money did you pay towards KDE dev salaries overall?
> 2. How many times does your name appear in KDE Changelogs?
>
> While the answer to both is "zero" you do not get to complain.
>
> Here's another killer:
>
> Q. What's the difference between KDE devs and Dale?
> A: KDE devs launched an editor and typed code.
>
>

Your questions don't disprove what me and others have posted.  As I have 
said on the KDE mailing list, KDE made a serious mistake dropping KDE3 
before KDE4 was ready.  I didn't make that decision so it is not my 
mistake regardless of what is paid or not paid or what effort I have or 
have not put into it.  There is a LOT of things that are beyond my 
control but it doesn't mean I don't have the right to point out a 
mistake.  I point it out so that hopefully it won't be made again.

Dale

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