Community is Job 1

I think that in some ways I jumped the gun with that first post. This blog isn't about forking. It's about community. A community will save KDE 3, if KDE3 is meant to be saved. A community will fork KDE3 if KDE is meant to be forked.

The community is not here yet. It's just me, and one other guy who I hope will be posting in here soon. Until it exists, who knows what the community will do or not do?

KDE3 users, I urge you to seek community whereever you can. Search for references to KDE3 in twitter and follow those who use it. Seek out the KDE3 users in your lug. It isn't because the supporters have got the programming knowledge that KDE4 is kicking KDE3's ass. KDE3 doesn't need any signicant development, so it's not that much of a factor. They've got the community, we don't.

We shouldn't expect their community to pursue our goals, especially after we've been undercutting their accomplishment at every turn. Think about it: for two years, we've been raining on their parade. They may not feel like they owe us any favors.

And they'd be right. It's all us, or it's no one. It's community, or it's KDE4.