Including FTOSX in KDE list ...

Neil Stevens neil at qualityassistant.com
Thu Jun 5 17:34:17 UTC 2003


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On Thursday June 05, 2003 01:01, Andreas Pour wrote:
> Olaf Jan Schmidt wrote:
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> > [Martin Konold]
> >
> > > I prefer if KDE is not affiliated in any way with FT. They are imho
> > > not a trustworthy company.
> >
> > If we wish to reject this request, then we need better arguments than
> > just "some people think you might not be trustworthy".
>
> I know several people who have dealt with FT and AFAIK they have
> unanimously concluded that KDE dealing with FT is not a good idea.  We
> don't need better arguments at all, I don't think there is much point in
> going into details here and raise possible legal issues and lawsuits or
> what-not.  Suffice it to say KDE and FT have not worked well together in
> the past.

No, if KDE is going to have any credibility as a vendor-neutral development 
effort, it won't suffice it just to say that.  Some details and evidence 
would help.

- -- 
Neil Stevens - neil at qualityassistant.com
"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the
sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him
for the same act as the destroyer of liberty." -- Abraham Lincoln
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