I work in a building with over 200 people. My univ. is a building with aprox 1000 people, exlcuding students. All use Emacs.
That's why every major computer dealer bundles some Office suite with their computers. That's why MS produces Office. I fail to see what non-free software has to do with anything. It's a HUGE cash cow. That's why the whole OASIS OpenDoc thing is such a big deal too. No, it isn't, the reason why it is a huge deal is because of freedom. As far as multi-user systems, they generally operate as servers. There are a few places where people still use dumb terminals with a VT-100 intepreter for everything, but every office in every country I've done work in uses PC's connected to file and print servers. Every _big_ building uses something akin to a dumb terminal (usual crap like SunRay's or what not that can handle X sessions remotley) since maintaining 300 something PC's is a nightmare. As far as "installed by default", if it's not, then the average user won't use it. FireFox isn't installed by default, for some odd reason a lot of people use it... Which contradicts your statement quite badly. I've got plenty of real-life examples of average computer users that I deal with every single day. It's an eye-opening experience. So have I. _______________________________________________ L4-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l4-hurd
