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why this commercial advertisement on the dot?
by anonymous on Friday 31/Aug/2001, @00:39

Why was this article not marked with '[Ed: commercial software]' or something, like similiar previous articles? And what's the direct relation to KDE for a pure Qt based office suite that ships software that is no more maintained inside KDE (kivio...) ? I for one don't think this article belongs to the dot. It's a commercial advertisement of a non-KDE software.

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Re: why this commercial advertisement on the dot?
by Bryan Feeney on Friday 31/Aug/2001, @01:09

Because it benefits KDE, and uses the Qt libraries, which are inextricably linked with KDE on the news-wires. Frankly, I think this is a _good_ thing. It'll help two outstanding Linux companies stay above water. It also provides a nice easy migration path to Linux. It's been said before, once you get people used to the applications, what platform they run on is immaterial.

To be honest, I wish theKompany all the best in this effort. The suite of apps they've lined up looks outstanding for $99 - the Painter app looks like it has all the features of many art apps that are sold for $99 on their own (e.g. Paint Shop Pro). I'd say they should chase the OEM market, particularly the smaller ones, with a vengence. They could really do well out of this.

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