Christian Einfeldt wrote:
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 15:11, Iain Dooley wrote:
but instead of building it's own web browser, and it's own mail client, why doesn't KDE focus on integrating more thouroughly these other fantastic, open source applications?
It seems that developers like to have different applications. They work on a project because they like it. They have put their personalities into it. That is probably the major reason why there are those KDE apps, leaving aside for now question as to whether those apps are better or not.
Also, I think that after MS, people have a feeling that diversity is desireable.
i can understand that, but the important difference is that combined open source does not lead to a monopoly in the same way that MS did.
that is one of the biggest advantages that i can see OS having over traditional business models: because no-one is worried about ownership of the product, or brand identity or marketing deadlines, true integration between all applications should actually be more easily attainable.
Also, people in the open source community are very diverse. They have lots of different tastes. It's probably all about simple freedom of expression.
i'm not saying that we should make all programs look and act in exactly the same ways, but more provide an open standard for them to interact. for things like tasks, address book information, scheduling etc. similar in concept to JACK, which is the standard interface for connecting applications together in LADSPA (linux sound applications framework).
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