On Sunday 12 February 2012 01:02:33 Timothy Pearson wrote:
> > On Saturday 11 February 2012 06:53:32 pm Timothy Pearson wrote:
> >> A hypothetical poll for users here....
> >>
> >> If TDE were to close down, which desktop would you use instead? 
> >> You would be allowed to abandon Linux entirely in this
> >> scenario. ;-) 
> >>
> >> Please state why you have not already switched; i.e. what item are
> >> missing or suboptimal in the other environment.
> >>
> >> I am curious as to why TDE still exists and need some concrete
> >> examples to fall back on to counter detractors.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Tim
> >
> > I sure hope this is *purely* hypothetical.  :-)
>
> It is purely hypothetical at the moment.  Of course donations to the
> project help to make sure that it stays hypothetical in the future.
> ;-)
>
> What triggered this was a new salvo from KDE4 claiming that 4.8 is
> the best desktop ever, and that those backwards TDE luddites should
> just use a minimalist window manager if they don't like KDE4.  I'm
> trying to prove them wrong. :-)
>
> Tim

KDE4 is simply non usable in a production environment compared to 
KDE3.5.  Its slower, requires more mouse clicks and is less 
configurable.  Some clients have described it as a vista clone...

-- 
Best Regards:
		Baron.
KDE3.5 on SuSE 11.  Waiting for SuSE TDE binaries.