Mailing the story:

Rumors were swirling last week that Novell was dropping KDE support. This news caused a flood of comments and protests. eWeek even got on the bandwagon and received clarification from Novell on the matter (KDE wasn't being dropped). Finally, Kevan Barney of Novell posted an official statement on Novell's PR blog.

[ed - He is not very informed or accurate about GNOME, but this editorial is one developers view of KDE - ralph]