Future of Knowit
Michal Rudolf <mrudolf-W20+MoKGEJdEHWO/[email protected]> Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:28:48 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.kde.devel.knowit,gmane.comp.kde.knowit.user |
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I wanted to state my thoughts about Knowit future. Basically I have to decide if I should continue my work on Knowit (or, really, if I should stop not to work on Knowit). Pro: 1. Knowit was my first KDE application and thanks to it I was able to participate in KDE development, two aKademys etc. 2. I know it was useful for some people including me. 3. A lot of new features can be added. 4. Working on new Knowit will be fun. Con: 1. You cannot make your living developing free applications and I am already involved in another free Open Source project and in translating KDE into Polish. 2. There are other, more advanced, more actively developed applications that can replace Knowit - kdissert, TreeLine, probably more. 3. A lot of missing features cannot be implemented using current design - I will have to rewrite almost from scratch. 4. KDE 4 is getting near, but I guess it will get at least half a year to make the first release. Therefore, I will have to either rewrite for KDE 3 and then spend serious time porting or wait half a year. Probably it is possible to develop for KDE 4 right now, but it is a bit too much work for me. So, looks like each Pro is countered by Con. Or, maybe, it is a tie. What are your thoughts? -- Michal Rudolf ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV