Unofficial Official Results for KDE 4
21 12 2007A lot of people seem to be upset by the recent news of Kubuntu supporting both KDE 3 and KDE 4, however dropping the LTS moniker that people have come to love. Well I decided to unofficially show the stats about KDE 3 and KDE 4 that were not used. These results would be official because they are generated by Google, a company we can all trust and all live, right?
Google: “KDE 4 rocks” - Results: 1,980,000 Pages
Google: “KDE 4 sucks” - Results: 289,000 Pages
So obviously according to Google, KDE 4 rocks, it doesn’t suck!
Google: “KDE 3 rocks” - Results: 228,000 Pages
Google: “KDE 3 sucks” - Results: 283,000 Pages
Obviously these results show a bug with Google’s process, so ignore these results, but the KDE 4 results are still good, no bugs there. By the way, KDE 3 rocks! Google sucks!
Google: “Kubuntu rocks” - Results: 491,000 Pages
Google: “Kubuntu sucks” - Results: 93,400 Pages
These results are solid, however I am not happy with them, possibly by generating multiple control sets for my tests to cover all of the spelling errors people have created when referring to Kubuntu (ie. kubnutu, kubunut, kooboontoo).
Google: “Kubuntu should go KDE 4″ - Results: 602,000 Pages
Google: “Kubuntu should stay KDE 3″ - Results: 79,500 Pages
So did the Technical Board make a wise decision to concentrate on KDE 4? Google seems to think so. However, the Kubuntu team has decided we will offer both KDE 3 and KDE 4. KDE 3 will be the same quality as before, even better this go-round with added features, bug fixes, and new artwork (once again). KDE 4, well that is a new mountain we face, and I know quite a few of us are already on our way up that mountain.
If you are finishing up your PhD thesis, I highly recommend you use Google to do all of your tests, NASA does, the CIA does, and Santa Claus does!
One could argue that KDE4 has more “rocks” than “sucks” because it’s not yet available for consumption by the masses. The people trying KDE4 are mostly people who are predisposed to be in favor of it. I expect the numbers to approach the numbers for KDE3 within a year of release, just because the fanfare hits at the beginning, and the grumbling continues forever…
I think if you go with “KDE 3.5 rocks/sucks” or “KDE 3.4 rocks/sucks”, Google will give more favorable numbers, too. I didn’t really start loving KDE until 3.3 or 3.4
What would Santa do?
http://www.google.com/trends?q=naughty%2C+nice
oh damn, I totally forgot about Google trends, it will make my excellent report even more excellent
and go figure, they have a naughty and nice graph
Good work Todd, great investigative instinct there 
werd.
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I am extremely frustrated with kde 4.0…..it feels like I am on an iphone, among other complaints
actually if u THINK about the google results, half are Pages Indexed Twice, Many Non-Relevant to KDE, etc.. and so forth. Just by using the $’s alone is quiite stupid… Also Google is not trustworthy at all.
I am disappointed by KDE4. lots of features of KDE 3 are absent. No freedom to control or change many settings. It’s looks are good, But we need more than just look. More windows users are using the linux nowadays, I assume that caused the release of lame KDE4.
I liked the freedom and options that were available in KDE3. Now I feel like someone tied my hands in KDE4, I am no longer able to change or control many things.
Now using the simple looking Gnome, because no choice. I agree KDE4 looks good, But restricted.
Please bring back the freedom that we were enjoying.