Update: Novell Open PR: KDE and GNOME Nov 11, 2005, 19 :45 UTC (23 Talkback[s]) (13979 reads) (Other stories by Kevan Barney)
"There has been a lot of debate over the last few days in the media and on message boards about what is happening regarding GNOME vs. KDE at Novell. Here's the situation. All future enterprise-class Linux product releases, including Novell Linux Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Novell Open Enterprise Server, will continue to ship with both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments. In upcoming versions of Novell enterprise applications, the default desktop environment will be GNOME. When customers install Novell Linux products, they will be given the option to choose either the GNOME or KDE environment during the installation process. If the user makes no explicit choice, GNOME will be installed..."
"Novell upset many of its supporters when it revealed last week that it would no longer be fully supporting KDE on its enterprise Linux family. Now, after consideration, Novell has decided it will continue to support both GNOME and KDE on its enterprise Linux lines.
"In a note on the Novell PR blog, Novell Inc. quietly announced on Friday that, 'All future enterprise-class Linux product releases, including Novell Linux Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Novell Open Enterprise Server, will continue to ship with both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments...'"