Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 29th Aug 2008 19:44 UTC, submitted by irbis
"If you follow technology trends, you have probably heard of the semantic desktop -- a data layer for annotating and sharing the information in your computer. But what you may not be aware of is that the semantic desktop is not a distant goal, but scheduled to arrive at the end of 2008. And, when it does, the idea will probably be implemented through the work done by the Nepomuk project, and, most likely, by KDE first."
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So? Both Corel and Nintendo produce closed source software. What's the common goal for both?
KDE is a Free Culture project. Hence, KDE is not only interested in developing free source code, but also improving other free aspects of life. That means working with Wikimedia http://ev.kde.org/announcements/2008-04-04-kde-and-wikimedia.php but also helping free file formats. That's why KDE was/is part in developing Open Document. That OTOH also means that non-free file formats are not that important to KDE. In case of Flash: Supporting Flash/swf has lower priority than SVG+JavaScript.
Yes, it does. That's why it's supporting free file formats.
But -- you may be pleased to hear it -- KDE is part of FreeDesktop.org and FreeDesktop.org in turn develops swfdec.
BTW: "greater LINUX Community"? That community is too small for KDE. As I said above, KDE sees itself as a Free Culture project. That -- on a lower level -- means that not only Linux is important to KDE but also FreeBSD, OpenSolaris, and other operating systems.
Edited 2008-08-30 00:36 UTC