<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Paul,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">An unrelated question: I’m writing a very short intro for our Kalle Dalheimer and Ivan Čukić for a C++ audience and want to mention their involvement in KDE. Is it accurate/ok to describe KDE like this (NOTE this is already longer than I need it to be, and the audience may not even have heard of KDE): </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">"<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(39, 39, 39); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(39, 39, 39);" class="">KDE, </span><span style="color: rgb(32, 34, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(39, 39, 39); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">the free/open source, graphical environment project". </span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 34, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(39, 39, 39); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="">I wanted to emphasise the breadth of what KDE offers (not just desktop). If you have something punchy and SHORT that’s better, I’d be very grateful. SHORT NOTICE: I need it by this afternoon :-)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">THANKs for you help,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Frances</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 7 Jan 2021, at 19:25, Paul Brown <<a href="mailto:pbrown@mykolab.com" class="">pbrown@mykolab.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">On jueves, 7 de enero de 2021 15:25:14 (CET) Frances Tait wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Hi Paul,<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Hello Frances, <br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Many thanks for coming back so promptly. Do we maybe need to meet (Zoom) to<br class="">figure out the best way forward?<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">No need. At KDE we tend to try and avoid insecure, privacy-challenged, <br class="">proprietary software like Zoom and Skype. Instead we have our own video <br class="">conferencing infrastructure for which you only need a camera, microphone and a <br class="">browser. We can use that.<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">I should tell you right away I am almost wholly ignorant about KDE<br class="">Frameworks libraries myself :-).<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Heh heh! I'm the same. Well... I do know what some of them are for and how <br class="">they help developers. Key words being "some of them". <br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">I just know that our David Faure is the<br class="">release manager, and we have quite a few folk in KDAB who are KDE Framework<br class="">developers.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">True. Also, I think, Volker Krause, your Director of Engineering.<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">So, our angle is that anything we do to help promote it might<br class="">open a door to some consulting work for KDAB as well as as attract<br class="">contributors to KDE.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Yes. I it is a win-win.<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">So I guess we’re looking for a blog from you about it with any focus that<br class="">best helps your cause.<br class=""><br class="">Let me know what you think, and/or if you’d like me to set up a Zoom call<br class="">with a few options when you are available either on Friday or next week.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">I will talk to David, Volker and anyone else who may be able to give us some <br class="">ideas on how to focus this.<br class=""><br class="">My first idea, off the top of my head is: "The Plasma desktop and KDE's apps are <br class="">cool and all, but without the frameworks they would be nothing" and take it <br class="">down the road in which we explain what our frameworks provide to development <br class="">teams, making sure even non-technical managers can grasp it, thus increasing <br class="">the chances of catching more managers' attention.<br class=""><br class="">In the process, I expect we will both learn something also. Always a good <br class="">thing.<br class=""><br class="">Cheers<br class=""><br class="">Paul<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">All the best,<br class=""><br class="">Frances<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On 7 Jan 2021, at 12:30, Paul Brown <<a href="mailto:paul.brown@kde.org" class="">paul.brown@kde.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">On viernes, 18 de diciembre de 2020 14:31:31 (CET) Frances Tait wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Hi Folks,<br class=""><br class="">Anybody willing to write something about KDE Frameworks libraries we can<br class="">contribute to and turn into a joint blog that KDAB and KDE can promote?<br class="">This is a 'partner' initiative we’d like to explore with you guys.<br class=""><br class="">I should say that I’ll be away from end of today until Jan 4th, so you<br class="">have<br class="">plenty of time to think about it/get started :-)<br class=""><br class="">Looking forward to hearing from you and Enjoy the Xmas break! 🎄<br class=""><br class="">All the best,<br class=""><br class="">Frances<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Hello Frances,<br class=""><br class="">Happy New Year!<br class=""><br class="">As promised, here is the follow up email to get us started talking about<br class="">your idea for partnered blog post, hopefully the first of many.<br class=""><br class="">We look forward to your suggestions on how we should move this forward.<br class=""><br class="">Cheers<br class=""><br class="">Paul<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">----<br class=""><br class="">Frances Tait | <a href="mailto:frances.tait@kdab.com" class="">frances.tait@kdab.com</a> | Marketing and Partner relations<br class="">Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company<br class="">Tel: Sweden (HQ) +46-563-540090, USA +1-866-777-KDAB(5322)<br class="">KDAB - The Qt, OpenGL and C++ Experts<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://www.kdab.com" class="">www.kdab.com</a> <<a href="https://www.kdab.com/" class="">https://www.kdab.com/</a>><br class="">Twitter: @KDABQt<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Editing & copywriting<br class="">Articles, whitepapers & documentation<br class="">Technical & creative writing<br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://www.twitter.com/linux_spain" class="">https://www.twitter.com/linux_spain</a><br class="">https://www.facebook.com/linuxspain/<br class="">https://es.linkedin.com/pub/paul-brown/1/bb4/120<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">
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