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Story: KDE 3.3 Linux desktop closes in on Windows

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Posted by: Ronald Dumsfeld (Wednesday 18 August 2004, 1:52 PM)

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Kontact is not new with KDE 3.3 and the next version of KDE will be 4.0, not 3.4. KDE 3.3 doesn't provide any special new e-mail facilities. Admittedly, Kontact bears a resemblance to Outlook, but how does it look like it's connecting to Exchange? How are they competing with Windows? KDE is already a more capable desktop environment and easier to use, but it targets Linux users, not Windows (or, more properly, Microsoft Explorer) users.

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