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How GNOME and KDE Spend Their Money

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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.'

14 of 167 comments (clear)

  1. What? by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 4, Funny
    They don't spend it (all) on beer???

    Shocking!!!

  2. simple. by thhamm · · Score: 4, Funny

    GNOME: beer & smokes
    KDE: blackjack & hookers

  3. Re:What? No Pie Charts? by Ash-Fox · · 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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  4. It's obvious by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  5. Re:Slashdotted by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  6. KDE is investing by should_be_linear · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  7. Re:Well, kind of obvious... by arizonagroovejet · · 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.

  8. Re:Since it is already down... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Arggh, getting confused here. If the article is in the comments, am I supposed to read it?

  9. Re:What? No Pie Charts? by PitaBred · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  10. Re:What? No Pie Charts? by TheLink · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the server is feeling more Fall-ish...

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  11. Re:Since it is already down... by Dishevel · · 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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  12. Re:So the Beer and Hookers crowd by ichthyoboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Condoms, hopefully...

  13. Re:Well, kind of obvious... by bcmm · · 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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  14. Re: inference by aap · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    That they are Canadian?