How GNOME and KDE Spend Their Money

bluescarni writes 'A side-by-side analysis of GNOME's and KDE's quarterly reports sheds some light (and dispels some myths) on the nature and the quantity of the funds of the two projects.'

Duh!

[denzacar]

It would be only logical to invest a significant portion of their liquid assets into services of adult entertainers and various recreational-drug paraphernalia.
Also, blackjack.

Nitpick

[Comatose51]

"Neither quarterly report has much in common with the glossy publications offered by multi-national publications. Both are PDF files with undistinguished layouts and a minimum of graphics. Even head shots of people mentioned or reporting are absent. Compared to corporate reports, those of both GNOME and KDE are practical, unadorned publications."

What quarterly reports has this guy been reading? Playboy's? The reports I got from Berkshire Hathaway and GE are both pretty boring, unadorned, and filled with numbers and text. There is very little graphics. It just annoys me a bit that the author just wrote that, especially when it adds so little to the article itself. Stop writing for word count.

Only needed 1/2 the article.

[egandalf]

Sorry to say that the guy dribbles on for half the article about what the reports LOOK LIKE. Why? Dunno. I reached this paragraph about halfway through the document: "Beyond these general impressions, what is most interesting is the financial accounting in the reports..." and thought to myself "finally!" Honestly. I don't need someone to describe the appearance/layout/graphics of the report. I daresay most folks going to read the article don't either. Still, the finance info was interesting - as interesting as finance info ever is.

Re:Well, kind of obvious...

[ducomputergeek]

SuSE had KDE by default back in 2000 when I was using it.

Re:already slashdotted

[MaskedSlacker]

No, it's the people who are riding the elephants at the time that suffer most.

Re:Well, kind of obvious...

[Dark_Gravity]

SuSE 5.1 had KDE as the default DE back in 1997.