Thanks for your work on KDE PIM, keep on, am glad user

Martin Steigerwald martin at lichtvoll.de
Fri Jun 12 14:00:00 BST 2020


Martin Steigerwald - 12.06.20, 14:40:27 CEST:
> Ingo Klöcker - 12.06.20, 14:31:13 CEST:
> > On Freitag, 12. Juni 2020 13:08:08 CEST Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > > Dear Friedrich, dear KDEPIM community,
> > > 
> > > Friedrich W. H. Kossebau - 12.06.20, 12:55:36 CEST:
> > > > motivated by some sad talk elsewhere, let me quickly give you a
> > > > hug:
> > > > 
> > > > I have been using at least KMail for ages, and while of course
> > > > also
> > > > there are some hick-ups (but which more complex software does
> > > > not
> > > > have that, even more when developed in free time), it is my
> > > > daily
> > > > email assistant. I am very thankful for your continued work to
> > > > keep
> > > > it alive over all the years, and sharing the result with the
> > > > rest
> > > > of
> > > > us to also enjoy it.
> > > 
> > > I am also grateful for all the work KDEPIM developers put into the
> > > software. I expressed that several times over the last years.
> > > 
> > > Thank you for all the work you do to improve it, dear KDEPIM
> > > developers.
> > > 
> > > That is in no way diminished by my other post. Quite the contrary.
> > > If I didn't care about KDEPIM I would not have written the other
> > > post.
> > > 
> > > In order not to hi-jack this thread I skip commenting on the
> > > "which
> > > more complex software does not have that" question.
> > 
> > Well, you left out an important part of the question when quoting
> > it,
> > namely "even more when developed in free time". I don't know about
> > Evolution, but, as far as I know, Thunderbird is developed by
> > several
> > paid developers.
> > 
> > I don't think that the situation with KMail will change as long as
> > it's developed by volunteers in their spare time. I'd be very happy
> > to be proven wrong.
> 
> Thank you for pointing that out.
> 
> I intentionally to not continue this discussion on this thread.
> 
> I like this thread to be about expressing gratitude only.

Just for clarification: I referenced the whole comment from Friedrich. I 
just quoted a part of it to make clear which comment I meant.

-- 
Martin




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