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Corporate KDE

Posted by michael on from the tired-of-outlook-viruses dept.

roomisigloomis writes "This article at CNET shows some headway being made in KDE development with aims at the corporate desktop. It's cool that it's funded by the German government."

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  1. Oh Great.... by The1stMentor · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is KDE feeling their testicles squeezed by Ximian pushing gnome on the Desktop? What does the German Goverment get out of this anyways?

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  2. Re:Yeah, good try by govtcheez · · Score: 0, Troll

    YHBT. YHL. HAND.

  3. strange by Boromir+son+of+Faram · · Score: 0, Troll

    It seems weird that the government would be funding development of corporate desktops, since corporations and government are so often in opposition to one another (cf. Microsoft vs. the People).

    I wonder if the German government is maybe trying to cripple companies by forcing them to use KDE. Not that KDE isn't as good as the alternatives, but in the doggy dog world of business, any restriction of choice is a threat to profit ability.

    And though I fear the corporate KDE desktop, I do not doubt that it could be used as a weapon of good.

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