KDE Interop [Was: D-BUS background]

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Havoc Pennington">

> Depending on how things turn out, we may leave the official GNOME solution
> as CORBA - and use D-BUS only for some shared specs with KDE, for
> broadcasts, and/or for the systemwide bus. The code isn't all written so
> time will tell.
> 
> I'm not working on D-BUS with the assumption that GNOME will use it; I
> need it for the systemwide bus case anyhow.

So, from a devil's advocate viewpoint [1], why do we need to work hard on
interoperability with KDE? How will deep interop enhance GNOME's place "in
the market"?

- Jeff

[1] which does not necessarily reflect my opinion on the matter... :-)

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