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Nice Progress
by Bobby on Wednesday 02/Jan/2008, @22:02
A very Happy New Year to you all in the KDE team and thanks very much for your tremendous accomplishment with this project.
I did a KDE4 Suse update last night (German time) and all I can say is that the critics will be getting more silent :) It's obvious that you guys haven't been sleeping much over the Christmas season. I am really happy with the progress.

Last but not least, thank you very much for keeping us up-to-date Danny.
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Re: Nice Progress
by Max on Thursday 03/Jan/2008, @16:11
Agree!!!

You guys have been busy. Please keep up the good work. Only a few days left. Please don't skimp now. Only a few more days, then we all can sleep again.

You guys can sleep, cause the product is released and working well.
and we can sleep, because we're not waiting up all night in exitement and anticipation. :p

Happy New Year 2008 to the KDE team and the open source community!!!!
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Re: Nice Progress
by YAC {yet another critic} on Friday 04/Jan/2008, @06:11
It is unfortunate that you don't seem to actually understand the meaning of the word 'critic'. Since it is basically the same word in German [Kritiker], I presume that it isn't a language issue.

True critics are not mere gripers, they (we) raise issues because we want them to be addressed -- we want the problems fixed. So, our interests are in having KDE succeed. One wonders if the critics are more interested in the success of the project than those that seek to silence critics by attacking the messenger rather than addressing the message.

I am happy to see progress, but I doubt that it will be sufficient to have it ready by the release date.
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  • Re: Nice Progress
    by Bobby on Friday 04/Jan/2008, @06:56
    I didn't imply that critics are all negative in my statement. What I said is that they will be more silent.
    I have to disappoint you by saying that I do understand what the word means both in English and German. German is actually my second language and I was born and grew up in an English speaking country. I have to admit that my English is not as good as it once was but the basics are still there :)

    It's a bit sad that the most people don't see criticism in a positive way, that they can't use it for improvements but that's the way it is unfortunately. However at this point I think that the developers could do with a little less bashing.
    There is a thread below about "stinking consistency" which Aaron replied to. He said it's not what the guy said that was a problem but how he said it. And that's the point. The most people who criticise do it aggressively without realising that they are doing more damage than good, making even personal attacks which kills the whole purpose of the criticism and demotivates the one criticized.

    I have faith in the KDE team that they will deliver a very stable (though not perfect) and usable desktop by next Friday. They have told us what to expect and I am sure that they will fulfil what they promised.
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