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I think KDE 4.x will have promise and be usable in 2-3 years. Right not it is a total waste of time, and might take more computer resources vs less (think Green, we need to use less electricity and use smaller not larger processors). Will it be better than KDE 3.x... jury still out on that (but KISS, as in Keep it Simple Stupid, KDE 3.x might still win... and that is what we all really want... we don't want another Vista). - Question: Why isn't there a real GPL'd version of a non-profit accounting application for schools, government, and non-profits to use...? NONE. Too many Linux developers are thinking about cute desktop tricks... and are not supporting the meat and potato apps (as that might be too boring for them). In one LInux.com article they were wondering why more schools didn't use LINUX (well it is because the LINUX community is ignoring the apps that they need to teach folks to use when they leave school and walk into a business to get hired to use. There needs to be a Quickbooks for LINUX. There needs to be more verticle applications in Insurance, Banking, Real-Estate, Law, Medical fields, Engineering, etc. REAL TOOLS not fancy desktops. As really, we don't need fancy desktops to do the work we need to do in the business world... in fact... DOS did most of what we really needed to get done and one reason why business is pissed off at Microsoft is that they keep forcing change on the world AND DON'T give one ounce of benefit MORE THAN WHAT WE COULD DO BEFORE as a result of that change. KDE 4.x gives us change (but really no one has clued me in on what the benefit to a business will be)?

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