On 5/11/06, Mark H. Harris
[my response] There is a world of difference between saying that Gnome will be 'default' and 'KDE is being dumped'. Marketing hype is always hard to discern... but this hype is nothing more than that. KDE is important and Novell knows that. Novell knows that KDE is important to me... and that's important to Novell. <I hope>
I agree ... more smoke where there is no fire. Good god. At some point talking about this begins to seem like chickens pracing about the barnyard ... it's ridiculous. If the desktop you prefer is no longer supported or offered in a quality way, you will find another distro. We get it. I think the notion that KDE will be dropped or marginalized in any real way is simply paranoia. Maybe I am right, maybe not. But I am not going to hold my breath nor lose any sleep. And frankly, my major concern is less for "the KDE" than it is for real choice in marketplace. I support linux not because it is my religion, and not because it is clearly the superior OS (which it is in some ways and is not in others) but because I think it is important to have a choice other than windows. It's important to me personally, and professionally as well. If a gnome-based desktop can become attractive enough that companies want to buy and deploy it, and to hire me and my peers to support that effort, than I will be very very happy. And, despite that thus far in my "noobie education" I have bonded with KDE more easily than gnome (despite "liking the look" of gnome better), I will learn gnome. But personally use KDE, at least for now. Much like now, I use SUSE personally (And more and more professionally) but the majority of my customers use windows and netware. Lets lose some of the religion, make our own choices about things, and proactively support linux in it's varieties. Secularism is the watch-word. Secular governments protect the rights of citizens to choose a religion. A secular approach to desktops preserves choice while promoting linux generally. P