[techtalk] KDE / OpenSource

[Caitlyn M. Martin]

Hi, Dan,
>
> I understand, but I'm from the "throw the little kid into the pool" if
> they sink jump in and rescue them, if the float great. :)

That doesn't work in the business world, unfortunately.  People would=20
probably learn better and more quickly if it did. =20

I had the rug pulled out from under me the day before I was supposed to=20
start my new job, and I, in my anger and frustration, decided to go back =
to=20
running my own business.  WIthin a week I had a client that was big enoug=
h=20
and pays enough to keep me afloat while I build things up, and I am not a=
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great salesperson by any means.  The "make it look easy, make it look lik=
e=20
new and improved Windows" method of approaching bringing Linux into a sho=
p=20
for the very first time really does work, and I owe my livlihood to it :)
>
> Many people will simply leave unnecessary daemons running because they
> simply don't know what it does.  Stopping apache is much safer than
> stopping xfs.  If you don't know what they do, you might not want to
> stop them to avoid breaking your system.

Yes, but OTOH, imagine leaving Apache or NFS running on a firewall.  See=20
what I mean?  You really do want to shut down what you don't need.  The l=
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thing I want is a client's security compromised, especially when I'm the=20
security expert they hired :)
>
> Gnome 2.0 will have Evolution, the Outlook clone.

I *hate* Outlook, so that isn't likely to sell me on Gnome  :)  I loved=20
PMMail, so having something that functions a *lot* like that does helps s=
ell=20
me on KDE2  :)  The whole Gnome vs. KDE war, licensing aside, will=20
eventually devolve to little more than personal preference.  There are ve=
ry=20
talented coders in both teams producing ever nicer code.

> But I have a
> working mail reader.  Mutt, which is highly configurable curses (or
> slang) based mail reader.  Using procmail, I sort my mail into
> directories, and from there it can thread the emails as if they were
> news messages.  Quiet nice.

Yep, but kmail does all of that, and it's got a nice, graphical front end=
. =20
To me, that makes it nicer.
>
> I have no problem with eye candy :)

Nor do I, until it starts to hamper performance.  Try running E on my fiv=
e=20
year old notebook (P90, 40 MB RAM) and see what I mean :)
>
> I would hope we are all adults, but sometimes I seriously doubt it.

You *do* have a point there.

Regards,
Caity

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Caitlyn M=E1ire Martin
caitlyn at netferrets.net
http://www.caitys-world.com