Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

KDE Founder Receives Highest German Honor

Posted by Soulskill on from the other-than-beer dept.

Jiilik Oiolosse writes "KDE founder Matthias Ettrich was decorated today with the German Federal Cross of Merit for his contributions to Free Software. The Federal Cross of Merit is both the most prestigious as well as the only general decoration awarded by the Federal Republic of Germany. It is awarded by the Federal President for outstanding achievements in the political, economic, cultural, and other fields. Matthias was awarded the medal in recognition of his work spurring innovation and spreading knowledge for the common good."

3 of 142 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Hmm... by Jesus_666 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, the German word for "cross" ("Kreuz") already starts with a K. Yes, we love KDE that much.

    --
    USE HOT GRITS WITH STATUE OF NATALIE PORTMAN (NAKED AND PETRIFIED)
  2. It is the least prestigious.. by henni16 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, it is the "least prestigious" form of the "most prestigious" decoration.
    There are several classes of the Cross of Merit and from the picture it looks like he was awarded the "Medal of Merit", i.e. the lowest one.

  3. Re:For me, there are no Big *Two.* by c · · Score: 4, Informative

    > While Qt reinvents the wheel so many times, by using its own classes
    > for many things, like QString or QThread, or by implementing its own
    > slot & signal system with a C++ preprocessor

    They started writing Qt in 1991. I don't know about you, but I was writing C++ on Linux/Unix throughout the 90's, and if you weren't reinventing the wheel and writing your own class libraries, you were either paying a lot of cash for someone else's toolkit or you weren't writing portable code.

    I'm sure the situation has improved immensely, but old habits like that...

    c.

    --
    Log in or piss off.