[opensuse] Re: KDE3 Enthusiasts - neat opportunity for opensuse and others
Carlos E. R. wrote:
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On 2010-08-24 16:53, Philipp Thomas wrote:
* Ilya Chernykh () [20100824 00:49]:
Much less ambitioned projects (naming just YaST as example) have failed before, why should this succeed?
Can you please clarify, what do you mean?
I was refering to the original version of YaST aka YaST1 which was a text mode only application. When SuSE replaced it by YaST2, there was a loud outcry from those that prefered YaST1. So some people took the YaST1 sources and startet a sourceforge project to keep YaST1 alive. And guess what? The project never got farther than its creation.
I remember.
Probably because yast2 quickly got most its problems solved, so there was really no need for yast1 for long. But for some time the distro had to keep both yast1 and yast2, as some features or modules had not been ported (yet).
That's what I expect to happen to this KD3 fork.
That will depend on how long it takes to "finish" kde4 >:-P
Will be interesting to see if they can "finish" kde4 before Nokia Trolltech rolls out version 5 of QT. Perhaps with their interest being a trifle fixated on cell phones at the present they will drag their feet a little WRT the desktop side of the house. Once QT v5 becomes the 'officially supported' version Qt 4.x will be expected to go bye bye. Just like QT 3 before it. Then we can all look forward to v6 - rinse, lather, repeat... -Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Carlos E. R. wrote:
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Will be interesting to see if they can "finish" kde4 before Nokia Trolltech rolls out version 5 of QT. Perhaps with their interest being a trifle fixated on cell phones at the present they will drag their feet a little WRT the desktop side of the house.
Once QT v5 becomes the 'officially supported' version Qt 4.x will be expected to go bye bye. Just like QT 3 before it. Then we can all look forward to v6 - rinse, lather, repeat...
-Mike
Trolltech was acquired by Nokia to enable easier cross platform development with a more advanced UI to that available to SymbianOS at the time of the takeover. While maemo is linux based, it is targeted at (Nokia) tablet style devices, Therefore further QT development is highly likely to be optimised for smartphone and tablet requirements. However, it will probably have a place in PC to phone communication. . While Nokia has a dire record with opensource, until the trolltech development team is formally incorporated into Nokia, the proverbial brown sticky stuff is unlikely to hit the air circulation unit. AFAIK Nokia have no publicised plans to change the current situation. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkyLiiIACgkQasN0sSnLmgIH1gCg+XN9QoY9Lz0kG2vjFf40KqGW AW0An2lNfrlXwwWp0Ft1nD22bTuM2Mw3 =LAj1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
G T Smith wrote:
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Carlos E. R. wrote:
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Will be interesting to see if they can "finish" kde4 before Nokia Trolltech rolls out version 5 of QT. Perhaps with their interest being a trifle fixated on cell phones at the present they will drag their feet a little WRT the desktop side of the house.
Once QT v5 becomes the 'officially supported' version Qt 4.x will be expected to go bye bye. Just like QT 3 before it. Then we can all look forward to v6 - rinse, lather, repeat...
-Mike
Trolltech was acquired by Nokia to enable easier cross platform development with a more advanced UI to that available to SymbianOS at the time of the takeover. While maemo is linux based, it is targeted at (Nokia) tablet style devices, Therefore further QT development is highly likely to be optimised for smartphone and tablet requirements. However, it will probably have a place in PC to phone communication. .
While Nokia has a dire record with opensource, until the trolltech development team is formally incorporated into Nokia, the proverbial brown sticky stuff is unlikely to hit the air circulation unit. AFAIK Nokia have no publicised plans to change the current situation.
well, if you didn't like the way Nokia used to treat open source, just hang on: "Nokia's Board of Directors has appointed Stephen Elop President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia as of September 21. Elop currently heads Microsoft's Business Division." cite: http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1443731 or, do should we guess a person with that background is gonna suddenly 'embrace' FOSS just because his new desk is in Finland?? [hint: i don't think so!] -- DenverD -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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