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RE: [linux-team] FWD : Strategic Alliance Between Corel, KDE and Debian



Je ne comprends pas pourquoi tu es aussi negatif. Pour moi, cela me semble
etre une tres bonne chose pour les raisons suivantes:
1)	Ils ont choisi Debian au lieu de RedHat. Personnelement, j'utilise
la RedHat que j'apprecie ... mais je n'ai pas envie de voir une distribution
monopoliser le marche de Linux ("a la Microsoft" !). Le choix de Debian, me
semble donc "equilibrer le jeu".
2)	Ils vont se baser sur une distribution existante et pas en creer une
autre. Cela presente l'avantage de ne pas trop fractionner le marche Linux
car si on arrive a une situation avec des dizaines de distributions
utilisant des packages differents (et donc des librairies differentes), cela
deviendra un cauchemar pour les societes, comme Oracle, Sybase, SAP, ...,
qui souhaitent porter et supporter leurs applications sous Linux.
3)	KDE ... on aime ou on aime pas ... mais ce n'est pas une raison pour
dire que cela va faire planter Linux ... comme Windows 9x. Une des forces de
Linux est de justement bien separer l'OS (kernel) et le GUI. Meme si le GUI
plante, l'OS ne plantera pas ... et il suffit de relancer le GUI ... et pas
rebooter !
4)	Corel attirera principalement les nouveaux utilisateurs (newbies
;-). Les mailings lists de Debian auront donc moins de messages venant de
newbies ... et ils pourront se concentrer sur le "vrai travail".

Olivier

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Alain Spineux [mailto:spineux@prm.ucl.ac.be]
		Sent:	Thursday, 22 Apr, 1999 9:09
		To:	Linux Belgian Team
		Subject:	[linux-team] FWD : Strategic Alliance
Between Corel, KDE and Debian

		Nils Lohner wrote:

		>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
		> Debian Project
		> http://www.debian.org/
		> Strategic Alliance Between Corel, KDE and Debian
		> April 21, 1999
		>
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		>
		> [Original text available at
<http://www.corel.com/news/1999/april/april_21_19
		> 99.htm>]
		>
		> >> News
		>
		> Strategic Alliance Between Corel, KDE and Debian to
Advance Development of a
		> new Linux® Distribution Corel on track to deliver
easy-to-use Linux GUI and
		> OS to consumers and OEMs this fall
		>
		> Ottawa, Canada - April 21, 1999 - Corel Corporation
(NASDAQ: COSFF, TSE:
		> COS) today announced an alliance with two major Open
Source developer
		> communities to advance the development of its proposed
Linux® distribution;
		> a user-friendly Linux installation and graphical user
interface (GUI) for
		> the desktop PC.
		>
		> Corel and the K Desktop Environment (KDE) Project will be
working together
		> to enhance the KDE GUI for inclusion in the upcoming Corel
version of Linux,
		> aimed for the desktop user.

		La c'est que Corel et que KDE, Debian il pue !

		> "Corel has chosen to work with KDE as our preferred
desktop interface
		> because we believe its development is further ahead than
other offerings at
		> this time," said Derek Burney, Corel's executive vice
president of

		KDE est le plus avance, mais il parle pas du plus evolue !

		> engineering. "KDE can easily be configured to offer a
strong Windows-like
		> look and feel, which we see as being very important to our
strategy of
		> making all aspects of work in a Linux environment
compatible with
		> present-day Windows offerings.

		Une nouvelle API a KDE, qui serait chargee de planter linux
?
		Quel realisme ! M$ aussi vend un produit fort similaire a
W95, c'est W98 !

		> "Corel will also be releasing all its improvements and
development on open
		> source software to the Open Source community," said Mr.
Burney. "The
		> developers in that community are the strength of Linux,
and with our recent
		> work and contributions to the WINE project, Corel strongly
supports their
		> efforts."
		>
		> "Our project's continuous dedication to create an
attractive, stable and
		> functional desktop environment and Corel's experience in
building
		> state-of-the-art graphical interfaces will help offer
users an even better
		> experience with the award-winning KDE," said Cristian
Tibirna, KDE's
		> representative in Canada. "We're all very excited about
the new prospects."
		>
		> Corel will also build its desktop Linux offering around
the Debian GNU/Linux
		> distribution, which already has one of the largest
installed bases in the
		> Linux community, and is known for its stability and
security.

		Ca ca veux juste dire que debian sera encore meilleur, et
proposera les
		package de KDE.

		> "Debian has already made significant strides toward Linux
on the desktop, so
		> this is a natural partnership," said Erich Forler, Corel's
Linux product
		> manager. "The Linux community has also recognized that
Debian's Linux
		> distribution is built around extremely clean code, and
their commitment to
		> documentation within their code, and for the applications,
makes Open Source
		> development more efficient and organized."
		>
		> "I am very happy to see Corel taking this step into the
Open Source world
		> and cooperating with non-commercial organizations such as
Debian and KDE,"
		> said Wichert Akkerman, Debian's project leader. "By
combining Debian's
		> strengths, which include having a large number of
developers, a very open
		> development model and a public bug tracking system, with
the experience
		> Corel has with making office and desktop products, I think
we will be able
		> to produce an outstanding system with the best of both
worlds."

		Corel deviendra juste un "package Maintainer de plus" de
Debian !
		Et pas un mot sur un effort de Debian en direction de KDE.

		> With a recent strategic alliance with Cygnus, which will
provide Cygnus
		> GNUPro software technology to enable Corel to move its
market-leading
		> productivity applications to Linux, Corel is firmly on
track to deliver its
		> proposed Linux distribution to the market by the fall.
This will be in
		> advance of its WordPerfect® Office 2000 for Linux
productivity suite and
		> CorelDRAW® 9 for Linux graphics application in the fourth
quarter and
		> beginning of 2000 respectively.
		>
		> The strength and popularity of Linux is growing steadily,
everyday.
		> International Data Corporation (IDC) recently announced
that through 2003,
		> total Linux commercial shipments will grow faster than the
total shipments
		> of all other IDC covered client or server operating
environments. IDC
		> estimates that Linux commercial shipments will increase at
a compound annual
		> growth rate (CAGR) of 25% from 1999 through 2003, compared
with a 10% CAGR
		> for all other client operating environments combined and a
12% CAGR for all
		> other server operating environments combined.
		>
		> >> Corel Corporation
		> Corel Corporation is an internationally recognized
developer of
		> award-winning graphics and business productivity
applications. Development
		> of market-leading products such as the CorelDRAW® line of
graphics
		> applications and the Corel® WordPerfect® Suite of business
tools is
		> continually evolving to meet the demands of the corporate,
retail and
		> academic markets. Committed to performance, compatibility,
value and open
		> standards, Corel develops products for the Windows®,
Macintosh®, UNIX®,
		> Linux® and Java[tm] platforms. Corel's common stock trades
on The NASDAQ
		> Stock Market under the symbol COSFF and on the Toronto
Stock Exchange under
		> the symbol COS. For more information visit Corel's Web
site at www.corel.com.
		>
		> >> KDE Information
		>
		> The K Desktop Environment is a non-commercial,
international, Internet-based
		> project which develops the freely-available graphical
desktop environment
		> for the UNIX® and Linux® platforms. The completely new
Internet-enabled
		> desktop, incorporating a large suite of applications for
UNIX workstations,
		> currently supports more than 30 languages. The strength of
this exceptional
		> environment lies in the interoperability of its components
and the
		> functionality of its applications. For more information
about KDE and its
		> technology, please visit the web site at [www.kde.org], or
contact
		> press@kde.org.
		>
		> >> Debian GNU/Linux
		>
		> Debian GNU/Linux is a free, or Open Source, operating
system (OS) for your
		> computer. Debian is a project of Software in the Public
Interest Inc. (SPI).
		> SPI is a non-profit organization which was founded to help
organizations
		> develop and distribute open hardware and software. SPI
encourages
		> programmers to use the GNU General Public License or other
licenses that
		> allow free redistribution of software, and hardware
developers to distribute
		> documentation that will allow device drivers to be written
for their
		> product. Open Source is a trademark of SPI. Open Source is
managed by the
		> Open Source Initiative, which manages the
[www.opensource.org] resources, to
		> develop branding programs attractive to software customers
and producers,
		> and to advance the cause of Open Source software. For more
information about
		> Debian and its technology, please contact
press@debian.org, or visit its web
		> site at http://www.debian.org/
		>
		> Corel, Corel Print House and the Go Further logo are
trademarks or
		> registered trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel
Corporation Limited.
		> Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. UNIX is
a registered
		> trademark of The Open Group. All other product and company
names are
		> trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
companies.
		>
		> Debian is a registered trademark of Software in the Public
Interest, Inc.
		>
		> --
		> Nils Lohner                             E-Mail:
lohner@debian.org
		> Debian Press Contact                    Press:
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		        Spineux Alain

		Romani ite domus.
	
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