[desktop-discuss] SuSE Enterprise Desktop 10 reviews

[Shawn Walker]

On 7/12/06, Stefan Teleman <stefan.teleman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/11/06, Shawn Walker <binarycrusader at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Solaris does not have to provide KDE to provide a good desktop or even
> > a desktop with "equivalent functionality" (which is very subjective).
> > I think the reasons why KDE is unlikely to ever make it in the
> > commercial business desktop world have been oft repeated, and I don't
> > need to say what they are.
>
> KDE already has at least four (that i know of) commercial business
> desktop distributions:
>
> http://www.suse.com/
> http://www.xandros.com/
> http://www.linspire.com/
> http://www.tomahawkcomputers.com/
>
> I am a bit unclear as to what your statement "KDE is unlikely to ever
> make it in the commercial business desktop world" refers to.

I did not mean commercial business desktop *distributions*. I meant
that I don't ever see it replacing commercial desktop operating
environments in a lot of businesses. In addition, by "make it," I
meant commercially successful on a large scale, which only SUSE
qualifies for currently (market share percentage wise). KDE is
problematic for many reasons I refuse to cover publicly (due to
infinite flame war syndrome).

In addition, I speak from the perspective of someone from the US, not
Europe, where KDE is far more popular.

If you wish to discuss why I believe that other desktops have a better
chance than KDE, you may do so off the list (though I believe Stefan
and I have discussed them before).

Thanks,
-- 
Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/