I think also we must remain as a desktop-neutral project. But I think the desktop client is being developed as a KDE app, and that put us closer to the KDE infrastructure.
Cheers. On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Jan-Christoph Borchardt < [email protected]> wrote: > I agree 100% with what Aaron said. > > Before I started contributing to ownCloud I thought it was a KDE project > and to be honest, was almost put off by that. (Although I use GNOME and > contributed to that & Ubuntu, I consider myself a web person above any > desktop affiliation.) > > The KDE community and infrastructure sure is great but I believe that > there are "neutral" platforms which are even better. Such as Transifex and > Gitorious, where the project was very visible and had 45 forks already. > While I know this is not a measure, getting an account at KDE identity and > requesting developer access is a hurdle. As primarily a web project we > should power other free web platforms (as we already do with Identi.ca to > an extent). I‘m not pushing for this but I think we should change sooner > or later. > > Though we are all volunteers we must understand that ownCloud has the > potential to (or rather currently already is) the best free & open-source > alternative to projects such as Dropbox & iCloud/MobileMe. Thus we have > to, as Aaron said, embrace other web projects and not, if I may say so, > limit us in the security that KDE offers. Nearly every day I see someone > ask for a real Dropbox alternative and people have to refer to SpiderOak > or Wuala which are not a solution. > > We need to be more visible and (through that) more known. I‘m sure people > can‘t wait to use & contribute to ownCloud. > > > > On Mon, July 25, 2011 10:55, Aaron Reichman wrote: > > Personally, I like the idea of strengthening our ties to other projects > by > > being a separate entity that interacts equally with everybody like > Apache, > > Wordpress and other server based projects. I think we run the risk of > becoming the KDE cloud otherwise when we could be the open/free cloud. > Nobody else is doing the things we're doing in the way we're doing them > and > > I think we should make the most of the situation we find ourselves in. > Nothing stops us from being just as involved in KDE as we are now while > becoming more involved with gnome, XFCE, enlightenment and whoever else > wants to help us out. > > > > That being said, I have no problems with being a KDE project, either. > KDE > > is > > an amazing community and we should be proud to be a part of it. I just > think > > we can maintain a great relationship with KDE without sacrificing other > possible relationships. Whatever the group decides I'm fine with, just > wanted to put in my $0.02. > > > _______________________________________________ > Owncloud mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud > -- Antonio J. Gallo
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