[ Thanks to Greta
Durr/LinuxMall.com for this link. ]
“Kurt Granroth is living his dream job working for SuSE on
any productive aspect of KDE development that tickles his
fancy. … Granroth recently took some time to discuss the
battle between KDE and GNOME users, his career passion for KDE and
his lingering aversion to sunlight with LinuxNews.com.”
“LinuxNews.com: I… have trouble understanding
the feud between GNOME and KDE users. It’s just a desktop
environment; why do people get so upset about it?
Granroth: There will always be fans of one who
hate the other. But let’s face it, this isn’t limited to just Linux
desktops or even computers. Ask a `Ford Trucks’ fan what he thinks
of Chevy trucks (or vice versa). Or ask a Toyota zealot to compare
his car with a Dodge. There are `my choice is the right one and
everybody else is wrong’ people in all walks of life… you just
learn to live with it.”
“LinuxNews.com: What attracted you to pursue a
career in the free/Open Source software community?
Granroth: … I downloaded Qt and worked
through the tutorial. It took a little more then an hour. I was
just FLOORED at how incredibly easy it was to program in Qt and how
elegant and intuitive their object model was. … So I asked my
boss if I could have eight hours to play with Qt to see what I
could do with it. He agreed and six hours later… I had a 100%
working client with a fully working GUI.”