> I will give you that. However, it is a goal of KDE 4 to match KDE 3 in
features and usability

No. This is not the goal of KDE4. 

> What is the direction of KDE 3? Seriously, Ilya, please post a
> specific example of a fix that would help make KDE 4 closer to KDE 3

I think they should simply revert all changes made after KDE3.5. I know no useful changes since then.

> However, even though you have the right to continue using and
> developing KDE 3, nobody is doing that.

I think KDE3.5 does not need too much development now. It's OK as of current state. Sometimes it is evident that vandalist "development" is much worser.

> My goal is to make KDE 4 as good as KDE 3

Well, revert all changes since KDE3.5 and it'll be as good.

> I am not advertising nor spamming.

Well, better description is 'crusading'. Like coming to a synagogue and trying to convince everybody that Judaism is 'outdated'.

> I have no need to ask Gnome or XFCE
users what their DE provides that KDE 4 does not, because their DE is
not abandonware. 

'Abandonware' is a term from proprietary world.

> Ask Gnome and XFCE users what KDE 4 is missing for
them would in fact be trying to get converts. 

Just the same here.