[ Thanks to Gene
Alexander for this link. ]
“First we had the KDE 3.5 to KDE 4.0 debacle. A release
numbering scheme by the KDE folk that differed from what is
considered the norm ended up with alpha level code being pushed out
in most major desktop distributions of Linux. Many people were so
upset about radical and broken changes to KDE during this period
they left KDE, swearing never to return. It does not matter if KDE
is “okay” now. Some of these people will probably not return to
KDE.“Some of the disenchanted former KDE using folk moved to Gnome
and liked what Gnome was at the time. These people got comfortable
with Gnome 2.x and enjoyed the features it has. Now we have the
strangeness that is Gnome 3. Once again, many people are not happy
with the changes in Gnome 3. Especially upsetting to some is the
loss of functionality they took for granted and an extreme change
in the look and feel of Gnome.”
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