[osol-mktg] Re: OpenSolairis a choice for the government desktop? // Re: [osol-discuss] KDE, GNOME, etc.

[Alan Coopersmith]

Felix Schulte wrote:
> Having two desktops does not make sense for the customers - and KDE is
> the primary government desktop here. Support for KDE will be a
> requirement for further contracts as far as I can see from my POV. The
> European governments are looking into further ways to save costs and
> having the burden of a KDE desktop which is not supported will not
> generate bonus points when Sun tries to compete with other open source
> solutions here. Sun Germany will likely hit tendering procedures where
> KDE is a REQUIREMENT very soon and IMO there needs to be a solution
> for this problem ASAP as it will affect the sales on the whole
> European continent.

Why is the requirement KDE?   Is the requirement for specific functionality
that GNOME doesn't offer?   Or do they specify a desktop whose name is
spelled exactly "KDE"?

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