<OT> 20 years a long time, unless you have the source... (was: Re: upgrade 8.04 -> 9.04+kde3: how?)

[Chris Jones]

>
> For KDE, the source is available, so unless it gets wiped out from all
> the servers it will be available in 20 years from now. I'd bet a fiver
> that someone will want to compile and run it, just so they can show it
> to their grandchildren and make a new oldtimer joke like: back in my
> time we had to type the code in one letter at a time! and the Macs
> didn't even have a DEL button!

I'm sorry, but to run KDE3 you have to compile everything it depends  
on, including very hardware sensitive things like X, HAL etc. In order  
to run KDE3 on machines 20 years on from, you will need to get these  
to compile and work as well. I just don't believe it will be possible.

cheers Chris