Re: Konqueror Gets Activ(eX)ated

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Re: Konqueror Gets Activ(eX)ated
by Timothy R. Butler on Wednesday 11/Jul/2001, @00:33

Your argument sounds as if the following are true - (1) Non-Intel platforms are the most popular, and (2) Linux/UNIX has more market share than Windows. However, neither of these are true, and so the reality is we must recognize that.

1.) Supporting this as a big deal doesn't mean that no one cares about non-x86 users, it simply means that the x86 is the most popular platform, and thus if something works on x86, it works for most of us.

2.) Supporting ActiveX doesn't mean that it is superior to KParts, but when was the last time any major software developer released a browser plugin in KPart format. The KDE team obviously recognizes that the important thing is to support as many technologies as possible to insure support of most of the technologies we could ever want (just like they have made Konqi compatible with "broken" [read: MSIE-friendly] pages).

3.) Why do they call Shockwave popular? Because it is. Support for Unices doesn't make or break a product. Even support for Mac OS does very little. Support for Windows means everything right now. So, if a program is popular in Windows (i.e. 87% or so of the computer world), that translates as just plain popular.

-Tim

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