Am Sonntag, 7. Dezember 2008 21:50:57 schrieb John Andersen:
Sven Burmeister wrote:
The reason why KDE4 was kind of a rewrite is partly due to Qt3 vs. Qt4 and because one wanted to add new things and do some things differently.
I don't think you can blame Qt4 for the rewrite. After all, a simple (or not so simple) shim would have sufficed for this conversion, and QT would probably have assisted, since KDE is their single greatest shining success story.
Apart from skype, Opera and some others... Nokia probably bought them because they have not much to show off, apaprt from KDE, which Nokia wants to put on the cells - or something like that...
"Wanted to do things differently" may be a valid reason for a rewrite, especially for software that has no economic foundation, where the wants and desires of the developers trump wants and needs of users.
Forgetting that developers are also users, but I guess they count less because they create and contribute - ah wait...
As for "add new things" I'm at a loss to see any such new things, at least none that could not have been done within kde3, or which add any real value to the product.
Might be true for you, it is not for me, as you can read in my reply to Mr. Miller. Cheers! Sven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org