Aaron Seigo (aseigo)

Aaron Seigo KDE , Marcio B. Jr.

of course, dolphin does all the kio slaves too and has tabs, so the function delta is not so big.

Aaron Seigo KDE , Alberto Oses N.

as in "why are they sponsoring?" .. "what do they expect back?", "what do they expect from the community?" ... much more useful, no?

Aaron Seigo KDE , Alberto Oses N.

if the problem is "be profitable", then perhaps the better question is "why" and not "where from"?

Aaron Seigo KDE , sinclair

you seriously can't imagine an awkward question? if not, i can provide some examples for you :)

Aaron Seigo

KDE's Plasma Active: not one, but the power of two "mobile operating systems you may never use" http://ur1.ca/9f5ca :)

Aaron Seigo KDE , Alberto Oses N.

more important to me than "where's the money coming from?" is "what are your commitments to and expectations of the community?

Aaron Seigo KDE , Alberto Oses N.

these sorts of inquiries make f/oss communities appear amazingly awkward and difficult to otherwise normal and upstanding companies.

Aaron Seigo KDE , Marc Cheng

i'm not sure whether to ask: are you the one taking their money? or do you really think this is about military applications?

Aaron Seigo KDE , Alberto Oses N.

(and yes, i understand that "doing good things quietly or anonymously" is not so common these days .. such people do exist.)

Aaron Seigo KDE , ralesk

i asked because these questions lead to awkward moments if the entity in question wishes for privacy.

Aaron Seigo KDE , Alberto Oses N.

why does it matter?

Aaron Seigo Glyn Moody

the insight that it's a generational turnover is really interesting. thanks for sharing :)

Aaron Seigo

"the smile inside your eyes calms the waves inside my soul" yes, it's one of *those* days :)

Aaron Seigo

@ all f/oss participants: what is one thing that you would change to make your communit(y|ies) more positive / enjoyable?

Aaron Seigo Marco Martin

we've gone from "not enough design" to "design wankery" in software. hipster design is a plague.

Aaron Seigo

1 more partner confirmed for the !MakePlayLive partner network; 2 more in the pipeline. wheee!

Aaron Seigo

.. and when libraries are built for QML "out of the box" alot of those C++ lines will become unnecessary.

Aaron Seigo

okular active: 1188 lines of C++ (bindings, really), 500 lines of QML. http://ur1.ca/9dj4d

Aaron Seigo

will be writing more about it in the weeks to come; one more step in our goal of building a self-sustaining economy around KDE and F/OSS