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[Derek Broughton]

Gene Heskett wrote:

> On Friday 01 May 2009, Derek Broughton wrote:
>>GreyGeek wrote:

>>> Both the GNOME and KDE
>>> developers are working together to assure the interoperability of their
>>> respective desktops.
>>
>>Where do you get that idea?  Gnome and KDE developers will work together
>>when hell freezes over.
>>
> You must have missed the memo then.  I can use just about any gnome app I
> want to, on a kde system.  Heck, even gstreamer will run.  Note I didn't
> say it worked, cuz I hear it doesn't work on gnome either. :)

Sure you can - but that's in no sense "interoperability".  It just means you 
can run gnome apps on your KDE desktop.  We still don't even have the 
ability to use KDE file dialogs in GTK apps without geeky kludges.
> 
>>> Who knows?  Sometime in the future a common
>>> desktop may appear which uses a single set of utilities and
>>
>>LOL.  We've _had_ common desktops - nobody wants them.  They're so ...
>>common.
> 
> Chuckle.  I guess.  I see it as 'gnome' wanting to be a nanny & keep you
> from shooting yourself in the foot (or higher), while 'kde' even helps you
> choose the caliber of the gun you'll use. 

I don't even know if your gnome analogy is correct, because I try gnome 
every year or so and get practically instantly turned off, but your response 
and mine are both reasons why we'll end up with _more_ desktops, not fewer.  
What _could_ happen is not a common desktop, but a common desktop 
_abstraction_, that will allow programmers to develop an application 
independent of the desktop on which it will run, and then KDE or Gnome or 
whatever DE you want would be more like a theme.  But I'd be willing to bet 
that such a move would come from _outside_ either KDE or Gnome, not from KDE 
& Gnome developers working together.