And even though many open-source backers are loath to admit the existence of a rift within their ranks on any software development front, sides are being taken and two distinct camps are forming. Put another way, KDE will always be around and it will always be a worthwhile desktop to use and platform to develop on. It has never been shown that throwing more developers on the project will guarantee that the project will succeed, and you can show that it often makes no difference at all. And KDE 2.0 is due out in late October or early November. If only more people realised that to be competitors doesn't mean that one has to do everything within one's power to destroy each other.
Competition is good.
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