http://www.datamation.com/open-source/kde-vs.-trinity-is-one-really-better-…
I always read Bruce's writings with a proverbial grain of salt. He tends
toward sensationalism and likes to play a game of creating rifts like he
did in this article. His journalism tends toward what used to be called
muckraking. When he writes in that mode I remind myself that everything is
his opinion only and subjective. Everybody has an opinion and a poop
chute. Both often stink. :)
Nothing he wrote requires or demands a public response. He has his opinion
and we should let that be.
So much for that.
I am concerned about his reports of instability. We should receive such
comments seriously. I hope he filed bug reports or contacted somebody on
the development team. Even if he didn't this kind of publicity dictates
that quality assurance must be a priority over release schedules. That
means a lot of usability testing and not just pumping out code and
packages.
I hope everybody here receives his article in a constructive manner. :)
Darrell
Ouch. Sounds like we need a nice, long QA period for R14.0.
And I do take issue with some things he says, primarily on the usability
end. He admits himself (at the end) that he found the KDE 3 GUI somewhat
hard to use, so I wouldn't worry too much about the KDE4/TDE comparisons
he makes regarding the interface. I have always suspected that KDE4 is
geared towards salespersons, journalists, and people in non-technical
professions, and the article would seem to confirm this. That's not a bad
thing, just more proof of the difference in type of user base between the
two desktops. :-)
Tim