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Re: My two cents.
by Walden on Wednesday 02/Aug/2006, @10:19
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Lay off the caffeine a little, will you?
It's not good for your health.
I am not going to resort to calling you names in return because I appreciate what you have done for KDE and Quanta, but I wish you had argued my points and not falling into some senseless rage.
It may bother you that with all the wonderful things that Quanta already does, people are not appreciating the application to the extent that it deserves, but that is the nature of the beast in software development.
Most people will sadly prefer a tool with a functional working editor that churns out non-compliant code that one that they cannot use but does produce compliant code. The one's that actually care about W3C standards can probably code whatever they need with a good text editor that has syntax highlighting.
As far as who I am or what I have done, that's neither here nor there. Focus on the argument and not who is producing it. Would it make a difference if this were a well-known KDE developer posting under an alias? If so, why should it?
And just in case you are still confused, I firmly believe that KDE is the best Unix desktop around, period. I am just concerned as to whether KDE has the resources to pull KDE 4 through in a timely manner and keep new developers and users engaged while it happens.
In case you are still blaming me for how well or poorly your funding drive is going, let me say that I hope people provide what you need to make the project successful. Hell, if I can get over your attitude this year, I might even send a few bucks myself.
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Re: My two cents.
by Paul Eggleton on Wednesday 02/Aug/2006, @13:52
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> It may bother you that with all the wonderful things that Quanta
> already does, people are not appreciating the application to the extent
> that it deserves, but that is the nature of the beast in software development.
I think it bothers Eric more that he and others have already worked really hard on Quanta and you're basically saying "it's not good enough, work harder". Try to imagine how that might make you feel if you were in his shoes.
> I am just concerned as to whether KDE has the resources to pull KDE 4
> through in a timely manner and keep new developers and users engaged
> while it happens.
KDE 2.0 worked, and that was a huge release. KDE 3.0 also succeeded. KDE 4 has some fairly lofty goals but considering how well the KDE devs have done in the past I can't see them having too much trouble pulling it off. If you're worried about it and you're committed to KDE, you might think about helping out - there are more ways to do that now than ever.
Eric - best of luck with the funding drive and don't let a few bad comments get you down. There are people out there who think you are doing a fantastic job. :)
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Re: My two cents.
by superstoned on Wednesday 02/Aug/2006, @15:24
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well, for me, Waldo's comments are the reason i'm going to donate to quanta. i feel really sorry for Eric, and all the work he has done, and Waldo was way out of line, imho. so i hope it helps Eric a little if some donations come in...
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