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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."

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  1. This would never happen in the United States. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    This would never happen in the United States. They are too busy patting themselves on the back for outsourcing development to India and synergizing the next mission statement.

  2. Interesting Wired article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  3. not that happy by jipn4 · · Score: -1, Troll

    I understand why he got it, and the effort he has managed to rally for KDE is impressive. However, I think KDE and Gnome together really screwed the community by picking such bad languages and platforms to build on. And KDE's pick of a non-FOSS toolkit to build on was a grave error that could have done enormous damage.

  4. Re:It stands to reason by allknowingfrog · · Score: 0, Troll

    That was my first thought too. Maybe they meant that it is one of the most prestigious awards and that it is the only general award, not that it is the most prestigious, general award.