On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 14:37, Mike Burger wrote: > On 14 Jul 2003, Patrick wrote: [snip] > See, I think of it in another way. > > Personally, I prefer the KDE desktop...but I don't let that blind me from > the fact that a lot of good software is written and compiled for use under > Gtk/Gnome. I didn't install Gnome (manually selected to not install it). > But, since I do realize that a lot of good software is written for it, I > make use of the framework parts that allow me to use that software. > > *I* think it's short sighted to limit one's self to software that only > runs on one "side" of the platform, and I don't get involved in the > religious wars that occur with regard to the many available desktops. > > This platform is all about flexibility. My way of thinking is "why not > take full advantage of that flexibility?" > > To that effect, I agree that adding Bluefish could and probably should be > added to the distribution. I just don't agree that limiting one's self to > only a set of apps built for a particular desktop is wise. It seems that > that's the way people get stuck running only Windows. > > The preceding, of course, is *MY* opinion. Your mileage may vary. > > -- > Mike Burger > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > [snip] Mike, I totally agree with you. There is a lot of nice KDE stuff. I have used it in the past and it was a nice experience. But right now policy and standardization dictates the Gtk2/Gnome2 framework and apps. So I need to get my work done on that platform, within that framework. Best of breed cross framework apps would probably be more flexible but afaik there is nothing I can't do within the current Gtk2/Gnome2 framework which I can do within the Qt/KDE framework. And in terms of manageability and support efforts it seems sensible to limit oneself to one framework and not two. So it's not about sides which is emotional but merely about business objectives and business sense. In this case it resulted in choosing Gtk2/Gnome2. Perhaps next time it will be Qt/KDE or even both. Regards, Patrick -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
