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

[Casper.Dik at sun.com]

>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"?


That would appear to be on the wrong side of the law governing European tenders
of any kind.

Casper

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