Andreas
Martin Konold wrote:
> K DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT 1.1.1 SHIPS
> New Release of Award-Winning Linux Desktop GUI Increases Stability and
> Ease -of-Use
>
> New York - May 3, 1999 - The K Desktop Environment® (KDE) Team
> (http://www.kde.org) today announced the shipment of KDE 1.1.1, the
> latest stable release of Linux's most advanced open source desktop
> environment.
>
> By offering an elegant, intuitive and familiar interface marked by
> ease-of-use comparable to the popular - but proprietary - Windows?
> interfaces, KDE 1.1.1 unleashes the power, freedom and potential of Linux
> for the typical home or office user. In recognition of KDE's usability,
> KDE was recently awarded the Ziff-Davis® "Innovation of the year
> 1998/1999" award in the Software category.
>
> "Congratulations to the KDE team on a super job with the new release,"
> said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and CEO of Corel® Corporation
> (NASDAQ: COSFF, TSE:COS). "The KDE project is doing a terrific job of
> bringing Linux to the desktop which is why we're basing the GUI for our
> desktop Linux distribution on KDE. We look forward to the improvements in
> KDE 1.1.1."
>
> "KDE 1.1.1 continues KDE's leadership and widens its lead over other Linux
> desktop alternatives by establishing new desktop standards in stability,
> ease-of-use and customization," said Ransom Love, President of Caldera®
> Systems, Inc. "We chose KDE for OpenLinux® because it's suitable for
> business and mainstream use, and the Ziff-Davis innovation award
> underscores that choice."
>
> Virtually all Linux distributors include KDE in their distributions,
> making it the de facto desktop standard for Linux.
>
> KDE 1.1.1 builds on the well-received release of KDE 1.1. providing its
> users with increased stability and ease-of-use .It incorporates many user
> suggestions and provides a number of enhancements, including:
>
> * improved integration between korganizer, a sophisticated
> calendaring and scheduling program, and kpilot, a Palm-pilot
> synchronization tool;
> * improved Internet connectivity; and
> * increased stability and additional features in a range of
> desktop components.
>
> KDE 1.1.1 is available for free download from numerous mirrors (see
> http://www.kde.org/mirrors.html) and also from KDE's primary ftp server
> (ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/1.1.1/distribution/). It will also be
> available in most future Linux and *BSD distributions.
>
> User support for KDE is provided by Linux vendors who include KDE in their
> distributions. Users may also receive free support from an international
> group of KDE aficionados by subscribing to the KDE mailing lists. Please
> visit http://www.kde.org/contact.html for more information.
>
> ABOUT KDE
>
> KDE is a collaborative project by hundreds of developers worldwide to
> create a sophisticated, customizable and stable desktop environment
> employing a network-transparent, intuitive user interface. In addition,
> many KDE users assisted in the preparation of the 1.1.1 release by
> providing constructive feedback, suggestions and software patches. KDE is
> working proof of the power of the open source software development model.
>
> For more information about KDE, please visit
> http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/.