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How GNOME and KDE Spend Their Money
bluescarni writes 'A side-by-side analysis of GNOME's and KDE's quarterly reports sheds some light (and dispels some myths) on the nature and the quantity of the funds of the two projects.'
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TFA has no charts or graphics. Is this why the summery has no real info beyond the link?
Shocking!!!
GNOME: beer & smokes
KDE: blackjack & hookers
They spend it on usability studies and graphic design, isn't it obvious?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
A proof that we spend money on features and bug squashing, not on fancy web servers!
Ezekiel 23:20
KDE already spent donated money buying all buttons and check-boxes available on the market.
839*929
> When elephants fight it is the grass under their feet that suffers the most.
True. Also, when elephants make love it is also the grass under their feet that suffers the most.
Go somewhere random
This seems to be saying that the GNOME and KDE organizations' funding are not a significant factor in the development of their related software.
In other words, this comparison tells very little of the actual funding that supports the development of either system. Presumably, those efforts are primarily funded through other entities (such as Trolltech, Linux distros, embedded device makers, etc.)
How are we supposed to have a GNOME v. KDE flame war without any significant data? That's like trying to have a debate about whether EMACS or vi is a superior editor on a device that has no keyboard!
Crap, I need a car analogy; can someone help me out here?
Considering most large enterprise distros (RHEL, SUSE, etc) ship with KDE as the main DE
Both SUSE's Enterprise offering (SLED) and RHEL default to GNOME. I don't know about etc.
Arggh, getting confused here. If the article is in the comments, am I supposed to read it?
Arggh, getting confused here. If the article is in the comments, am I supposed to read it?
No!
No matter how they try and trick you as a /.er you should never allow yourself to come into contact with the facts of a situation before commenting thoroughly.
Now after you have commented to your hearts desire you can ( If you choose to.) read the articles and even dive deeper into the facts of the situation. Just make sure you are "Fact Pure" while you are posting.
Why is it so hard to only have politicians for a few years, then have them go away?
Condoms, hopefully...
What part of "A well regulated militia" do you not understand?
I think it's the 'A', definitely. I mean, when someone says "A..." whatever, what exactly are you supposed to infer from that? It has always confused me.
Security is mostly a superstition... Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. - Helen Keller
"So, in other words, you're completely fucking wrong, you idiot retard. God bless." - ShakaUVM
Who is ShakaUVM, and why do they think everyone is fucking wrong and an idiot retard?
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
To be fair, a lot of Ubuntu users haven't heard of Linux either.
# cat
Damn, my RAM is full of llamas.
Eye Owl wise ewes a spill chucker - mcgrew
A bird, a sheep and an australian sex-toy?
If you quote this signature there'll be 72 copies of Windows ME waiting for you in Heaven.
I think you mean the 'KUI'
I mean, when someone says "A..." whatever, what exactly are you supposed to infer from that?
That they are Canadian?
> If you quote this signature there'll be 72 copies of Windows ME waiting for you in Heaven.
Good thing I have other plans!
"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"
Of course, mouth breathers and trolls will claim that developers dont listen to users.
KDE developers don't listen to users. If they did, they would remove the $%*@%&#% cashew from the desktop.
Are you saying that this Ubuntu can run on a computer without Linux underneath it, at all ? As in, without a boot disk, without any drivers, and without any services ?
That sounds preposterous to me.
If it were true (and I doubt it), then companies would be selling computers with a Ubuntu. This clearly is not happening, so there must be some error in your calculations. I hope you realise that Linux is more than just the kernel ? Its a whole system that runs the computer from start to finish, and that is a very difficult thing to acheive. A lot of people dont realise this.
Linus just spent $9 billion and many years to create Linux, so it does not sound reasonable that some new alternative could just snap into existence overnight like that. It would take billions of dollars and a massive effort to achieve. IBM tried, and spent a huge amount of money developing OS/2 but could never keep up with Linux. Apple tried to create their own system for years, but finally gave up recently and moved to Intel and Linux.
Its just not possible that a freeware like the Ubuntu could be extended to the point where it runs the entire computer fron start to finish, without using some of the more critical parts of Linux. Not possible.
I think you need to re-examine your assumptions.
(This is an adaptation of an original work of art which can be located at http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12355-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=31199&messageID=579806&start=43)