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Rather than criticizing almost every decision we have made, please try to help where possible and make KDE3/TDE a better desktop environment. If you see a potential problem, why don't you see what the best alternatives are from your perspective and mention them on this list, or even try to put in some work towards fixing the problem?
We have enough idle critics out on the Internet; please don't be one on this mailing list.
Just to clarify, if you see a potential problem with the project please feel free to bring it up on this list. What has really struck a raw nerve here is the promotion of the apparently dead-end KDE:KDE3 as a real world alternative to the Trinity desktop project, combined with the rejection/criticism of our ideas with absolutely no alternatives presented or suggestions made.
Most FOSS projects establish their leadership based on who has contributed the most towards advancing the goals of the project. We are aiming to be somewhat different by listening to our users and adjusting our plans accordingly, but please realize that all of us are working on this project for free in our spare time, and therefore may still have different priorities than yours. If you really want to see something done, as in all FOSS projects, the best way is to do it yourself, or pay someone to do it for you.
I hope this clarifies things a bit, and I hope that this thread, which has long outlived its useful purpose, can now be put to rest.
Tim