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KOffice Team: A Handful of Coders, a Lot of Code

Posted by timothy on from the kword-rocks dept.

nickbrown writes: "In this interview with the KOffice development team it is revealed that only about 4-6 people are working on the suite of applications. It would appear they lack the resources to keep up with the likes of openoffice. Worth a read as it highlights the troubles they are having trying to produce a truly productive office suite for KDE."

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  1. Re:4 to 6 employees by krogoth · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    This is especially true when you have a good well established foundation onwhich to build.

    Such as a proper grasp of the English language...

    --

    They that quote Benjamin Franklin on liberty and safety deserve neither.
  2. Open Office & K Office should then merge by DABANSHEE · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Problem solved

    Its easier to be a part of a duopoly than fight a monopoly.

  3. Re:4 to 6 employees by Peaker · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Have you ever tried KDE?
    Kicks the crap out of Gnome and Windows.
    Have you ever tried Konqueror?
    The best browser for Linux, and probably better than IE, making it the best altogether.
    Have you ever tried KWin?
    The best and probably one of the lightest window managers for desktop environments.

    The people bashing Mono are not the same as the ones writing KDE, and not for related reasons. (They're basically saying Window compatability is a bad thing, not that the project is too huge for the small group of people).

    KDE 2.2.2 is the best GUI and desktop environment for most users (and I include Windows and others here), and just because you didn't try it (and don't try to lie that you did, you obviously haven't), doesn't make it any less useful for the huge amounts of people already using it.