I use KDE and Linux on my personal computer (my work machine, unfortunately, is still mired in the Windows world) and I like KDE very much. But I seriously question the wisdom and the why of this move. It’s a misuse of KDE developers’ resources and a diversion from making KDE better and more bulletproof. The fact that the most important breakout Linux distro in years, gOS, chose the lighter-weight Enlightenment desktop should have renewed KDE’s developers’ focus on streamlining and improving KDE. Not this.
I'm looking at KDE 4.0 as many people looked at Mac OS 10.0.
The vision that is Mac OSX came much later than Mac OS 10.0, and the vision that is KDE4 will come much later than 4.0.
That's how Aaron Seigo explained it, and it makes perfect sense to me.
Or, I could explain it to in Don Rumsfeld fashion. :-P
"We release the software we have, not the software we wished we had".
LOL
------The fact that the most important breakout Linux distro in years, gOS, chose the lighter-weight Enlightenment desktop should have renewed KDE’s developers’ focus on streamlining and improving KDE. Not this.----------
Maybe. That is a good point, and I don't entirely disagree. But a polished KDE 4.xxx should be lighter than KDE 3.xxx. It will be faster. Lightweight software will only get you so far. I love efficiency, but I also love reality.