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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just saw some threads about kde on windows.
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href="http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=132786&threshold=1&mode=nested&commentsort=0&op=Change">http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=132786&threshold=1&mode=nested&commentsort=0&op=Change</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2004/12/how-to-kill-open-source-on-desktop.html">http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2004/12/how-to-kill-open-source-on-desktop.html</A></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2> - A very long and nice thread about the pro's and con's.
I personally like the following statements: </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>an anonymous writer </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>... </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>b) Trying to
insist users only use KDE on Linux/FreeBSD is turning a deaf ear to what users
want, and we know how well that strategy has worked for Microsoft so far. If
people want KDE on Windows, but they can't get KDE on Windows, they'll go back
to using native Windows, and KDE will either end up only being used by Linux
users, or it will become irrelevant. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><!--StartFragment --><A
href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/4000578"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Andreas Trawöger</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> said...
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> And now
please tell me how would your Open Source Migration Strategy look
like?<BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>A simple switch
from IE to Firefox is complicated enough, because every Ecommerce Site we use
would have to be tested. Migrating to OpenOffice would be another major
undertaking. Replacing Lotus Notes with something else isn't simple too. Testing
all our old 16 Bit Win 3.11 Application with Wine also need it's
time.<BR><BR>Everything of this could be done, no doubt about that. But do you
really think it's going to help OpenSource on the Desktop if you have to do
every of this steps at once instead of doing one step after the
other?</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT><A
href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/5780662"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Rube</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>
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size=3> Open Source on Windows is a necessary step in levelling the playing
field. Once people are used to seeing applications other than those from
Microsoft, they just may take a look at a Lindows computer and say, "What? It
runs Firefox? And OpenOffice? And Maya? And Doom 3? I'll take it!"
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href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/4340245">Otto d.O.</A> said... </DT>
<DT class=comment-poster>> And the key here is the resources that are
expended by open<BR>> source projects in porting to and supporting
windows.<BR>I beg to differ. I don't think Windows ports are made by Linux
developers who desert their favourite OS because they want to help MS. They are
made by developers who want to or have to work on Windows. For that reason, I
think that Windows ports add resources to those projects; they don't take away
resources from<BR>free operating systems.</DT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Happy reading </FONT><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ralf</FONT></DIV>
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