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Date:      Mon, 01 Feb 1999 22:58:55 -0700
From:      Allen Campbell <allenc@verinet.com>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Lets Endorse KDE Was: some slashdot thread
Message-ID:  <36B6941F.5E340E44@verinet.com>
References:  <xzpaeyxsojj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <4.1.19990201223654.04536240@mail.lariat.org>

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Brett Glass wrote:
> 
> At 04:21 AM 2/2/99 +0000, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> 
> >KDE is, to me, the most painless way for FreeBSD to lay even a tiny claim
> >to desktopdom and in the process help brand new users.
> 
> And, again, a good way to try to get a good desktop BSD licensed. I'd really
> like to see something slick that's not GPLed.... Maybe they'd
> be willing.
> 
> --Brett

At this point I can't imagine there is a huge amount loyalty to GNU
amongst the KDE powers-that-be.  They have been treated very poorly by
GNU due to the original QT license.  Despite the remarkable changes that
have taken place with QT as a direct result of KDE, GNU has little
regard any of it.

-- 
  Allen Campbell       |  Lurking at the bottom of the
  allenc@verinet.com   |   gravity well, getting old.

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