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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: Nemesis on November 06, 2009, 11:34:55 pm

Title: KDE founder receives German Federal Cross of Merit
Post by: Nemesis on November 06, 2009, 11:34:55 pm

Link to full article (http://dot.kde.org/2009/11/06/matthias-ettrich-receives-german-federal-cross-merit)

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Today at 4pm CET at the Center for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues at the Berlin Senate, KDE founder Matthias Ettrich was decorated with the German Federal Cross of Merit for his contributions to Free Software. Matthias was awarded the medal in recognition of his work spurring innovation and spreading knowledge for the common good. The award was presented by state secretary Almuth Nehring-Venus. She mentioned that not only is Matthias among the younger recipients of the award but also that this is the first award ceremony where young children of the family were present. Also attending was Eberhard Gienger, member of the Bundestag for the county Matthias grew up in.

Title: Re: KDE founder receives German Federal Cross of Merit
Post by: Sirgod on November 07, 2009, 12:44:40 pm

Very Cool!

What kind of software did Matthias write?

Stephen

Title: Re: KDE founder receives German Federal Cross of Merit
Post by: Nemesis on November 07, 2009, 09:04:31 pm

Quote from: Sirgod on November 07, 2009, 12:44:40 pm

Very Cool!

What kind of software did Matthias write?

Stephen

He started KDE which is one of the two major desktop environments used on Linux.  It is the one I use on my desktop.