Apparently, though unproven, at 14:54 on Thursday 12 May 2011, Dale did opine thusly:
> Neil Bothwick wrote: > > The pattern I see is that of selecting only changes that failed and > > implying they are the norm. > > > > Why not add other improvements that were so bad, like the switch from > > floppy disks to hard disks, or CDs to DVDs? Companies try to predict > > where the market should go so they can lead. No one gets it right all > > the time, the ones that survive are those that get it right often enough. > > The ones that are most likely to fail are those that never try to > > innovate in case someone doesn't like it. > > > > The important point is that KDE wanted something better, it's unfortunate > > that it took so much longer than planned, but it would have taken even > > longer if they had not tried. > > I just hope they also learned from their mistakes. Dropping KDE3 > support long before KDE4 was ready was a big one. That shouldn't be > repeated. They can do any damn thing they want to with their code. They also you owe support for it in exactly the same amount you paid for it. Which is to say "nothing". It's not a question of "should", it's only a question of "Dale would prefer it if" -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
