Re: how's the project going?

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On Sunday 19 September 2004 9:54 pm, John Davidorff Pell wrote:
> Howdy!
>
> A big part of the problem is that KDE developers are like a lot of
> linux developers, they think you should be using linux.

Not true at all.  KDE has a lot of BSD developers.  This is why KDE doesn't 
have many real Linux only tools included with it.

> KDE is *fully* 
> of X11isms, which break when not using QT/X11.

Also not true.  Why do you think it only too four weeks to port all of KDE?

> QT provides all the 
> functionality needed, but the KDE people refuse patches to it on the
> grounds that it works and you shouldn't break it. What they refuse to
> accept is that sooner or later, it will break anyway and you might as
> well fix it the *right* way now.

Excuse me?  Please name one example when KDE people refused to patch something 
back?

You want to know the real reason for the slowness of the project?

0) Ben and I were the only ones really doing anything
1) It works for 99% of what we wanted (oooh shiny!)
2) I had to give back my laptop to Symbol in July so now I don't have an Apple 
and until I do it probably wont move much unless the other Benjamin does 
stuff or I can save up enough to get a replacement.  Anyone know if Apple has 
some sort of loaner program?

- -Benjamin Meyer
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