Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On 02-Jul-07, at 9:54 PM, krishnakant Mane wrote:
so from the experiences of many like Niyam, Dr. Nagarjun and many
others I can say inkscape is pritty good enough.
but no where as good as corel draw or adobe illustrator. To make my
point clear: last week I had the pleasure of driving around in a Rewa
for 4 days. The Rewa is an electric car, max speed about 45 kmph, no
gears. It is comfortable for two people and especially within the city
is very convenient to drive. It is noiseless and non-polluting. If
everyone drove around in Rewas, our cities would become paradises. It
fulfilled all my needs - got me from point A to point B in comfort and
without pollution. So how do I convince my friend to switch from his
mercedes to a Rewa? Tell him that Rewa is as good as a mercedes? It is
not. It doesnt have 10% of the features of the mercedes. But it is
eco-friendly, which the mercedes is not. So my friend will only shift if
he is convinced that using an eco-friendly car is more important than
the other features that a mercedes offers
While I agree with your opinion about being honest about the performance
of Libre alternatives to highly expensive closed softwares, I feel the
example you used is flawed.
First about performance of Libre software vs expensive closed software.
I tell users that the libre version may not have the glitter and
decoration of closed versions but it gets the work done and since it is
free as in freedom, it has full potential to improve its performance
with later free upgrades. Closed softwares have everything ready made
but up to a certain limit. There will be no limit in libre types. The
human mind is the limit. I request the user to at least make a beginning
and use the libre software as it is a peoples' software, a community
effort meant to empower the common man with legal professional tools
that can be setup at low cost for entrepreneurs with the added advantage
of no vendor lock-ins.
The second part about the car. You have compared a very low budget India
car with a high end German luxury car. If you want to compare eco
friendly cars with high end luxury ones then you must give examples of
the ones being developed in foreign countries. There they have developed
various types of eco friendly versions running on electricity or
alternate fuels and they tend to be more expensive than the regular cars
as they use latest technologies and special materials. They are meant to
preform just like luxury cars and have the added advantage of being eco
friendly. I cannot recall any individual models but such news and videos
regularly come on BBC or now DW TV and Discovery channel.
I would also request list members to stick to technical points in
discussions and avoid any personal remarks about any member.
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