Its based on kde, but they did some major work on it (better config tools,
etc) and its very well implemented in general.

Randal

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Jeff Jackson wrote:

> From: Jeff Jackson <JeffJ@...>
>
> I knew Corel had a GUI out but I haven't seen it yet. Sounds very
> promising though from what you have said.
>
> Jeff Jackson
> DITW, Inc
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wade [SMTP:wade@...]
> > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 5:58 PM
> > To: 'IBDI@onelist.com'
> > Subject: RE: [IBDI] wishlist item is this possible?
> >
> > From: wade <wade@...>
> >
> > I think corel linux gui is already there...I had a windows user on it that
> > did not even realize it was not windows...until they changed the video
> > resolution....which they already knew how to do :). I am a slackware/suse
> > user, but I got to say corel has it going on.
> >
> > Randal
> >
> > On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Jeff Jackson wrote:
> >
> > > From: Jeff Jackson <JeffJ@...>
> > >
> > > All the more reason to like Linux. When they get a good GUI so that it
> > can
> > > be used on client machines watch out. I think Bill Gates already knows
> > his
> > > days of having a monopoly are numbered [whether the governemnt does
> > anything
> > > or not]. As someone earlier wrote I sure hope the stuff works better
> > than
> > > the registry. It will be very interesting to see what Inprise does as
> > far
> > > as a development tool for linux and if it truly does convert windows
> > code
> > > into Linux code. If companies can port there windows applications over
> > to
> > > Linux with a little effort we might see Linux take off relatively
> > quickly.
> > >
> > > Jeff Jackson
> > > DITW, Inc
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Kevin Lawrence [SMTP:kevin@...]
> > > > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 11:20 AM
> > > > To: IBDI@onelist.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [IBDI] wishlist item is this possible?
> > > >
> > > > From: "Kevin Lawrence" <kevin@...>
> > > >
> > > > Jeff Jackson wrote:
> > > > > One has to be careful here. If everything on my computer is stored
> > in a
> > > > DB
> > > > > I sure don't want it to be stored in a M$ database and since they
> > > > control
> > > > > the OS now they are really the only ones that could enforce this
> > rule.
> > > >
> > > > That is EXACTLY what you can expect with future releases of Windows.
> > > > Database functionality is being built into the operating system with
> > the
> > > > following purposes:
> > > > <grassy_knoll_filter>
> > > > - to improve quality and quantity of OS services to manage all things
> > on
> > > > the
> > > > box
> > > > - to reduce the "openess" of object management APIs by introducing
> > poorly
> > > > documented OS specific extensions
> > > > - to increase the proprietary content of the OS, wrt object
> > management,
> > > > and
> > > > increase the competitive barrier to competitive application developers
> > > > - to enhance the the competitive differentiation of products produced
> > by
> > > > the
> > > > owner of the OS
> > > > - to increase the "binding" to the OS of the products produced by the
> > > > owner
> > > > of the OS: these products become an "extension" to the OS ala Internet
> > > > Explorer
> > > > - to reduce attractiveness of other Database products (Oracle, look
> > out)
> > > > </grassy_knoll_filter>
> > > >
> > > > Welcome to the Thunder Dome... ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Kevin
> > > >
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