How GNOME and KDE Spend Their Money

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How GNOME and KDE Spend Their Money

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday September 17, 2009 @02:46AM from the they-balance-their-budget-in-windows dept.

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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What? by Pig+Hogger · 2009-09-17 02:49 · Score: 4, Funny

They don't spend it (all) on beer???
Shocking!!!
simple. by thhamm · 2009-09-17 02:50 · Score: 4, Funny

GNOME: beer & smokes
KDE: blackjack & hookers
1. Re:simple. by hduff · 2009-09-17 05:25 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  GNOME: beer & smokes
  KDE: blackjack & hookers
  GNOME: gbeer & gsmokes
  KDE: kblackjack & khookers
  Fixed that for you.
  
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Re:What? No Pie Charts? by Ash-Fox · 2009-09-17 02:54 · Score: 4, Funny

TFA has no charts or graphics. Is this why the summery has no real info beyond the link?
You must be new here.

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It's obvious by Hognoxious · 2009-09-17 02:54 · Score: 4, Funny

They spend it on usability studies and graphic design, isn't it obvious?

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Re:Slashdotted by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2009-09-17 02:55 · Score: 5, Funny

A proof that we spend money on features and bug squashing, not on fancy web servers!

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KDE is investing by should_be_linear · 2009-09-17 03:09 · Score: 5, Funny

KDE already spent donated money buying all buttons and check-boxes available on the market.

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Re:already slashdotted by bheer · 2009-09-17 03:09 · Score: 3, Funny

> 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.

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So, GNOME and KDE orgs not a big factor? by jdgeorge · 2009-09-17 03:13 · Score: 3, Funny

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?
Re:Well, kind of obvious... by arizonagroovejet · 2009-09-17 03:17 · Score: 4, Funny

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.
Re:Since it is already down... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-09-17 03:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Arggh, getting confused here. If the article is in the comments, am I supposed to read it?
Re:What? No Pie Charts? by PitaBred · 2009-09-17 03:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Summery? It's feeling more autumn-ish here in the US.

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Re:What? No Pie Charts? by TheLink · 2009-09-17 03:29 · Score: 5, Funny

I think the server is feeling more Fall-ish...
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Re:Since it is already down... by Dishevel · 2009-09-17 03:42 · Score: 5, Funny

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.

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Re:So the Beer and Hookers crowd by ichthyoboy · 2009-09-17 03:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Condoms, hopefully...
Re:Well, kind of obvious... by bcmm · 2009-09-17 04:37 · Score: 5, Funny

and a lot of ubuntu users have never even heard of it before
To be fair, a lot of Ubuntu users haven't heard of Linux either.

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Re: inference by aap · 2009-09-17 07:15 · Score: 5, Funny

I mean, when someone says "A..." whatever, what exactly are you supposed to infer from that?
That they are Canadian?