On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 10:48:40 -0400 Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote:
> > Sorry to top post, but I rather suspect that plenty of authors use > other open source programs, like LibreOffice. The truth is that, for > most writing that would produce best-sellers, you could just as soon > use Notepad, or a typewriter. The sophisticated features available > with a program like LyX, or SWP, won't help that much. OK, let's broaden my question to "what best sellers have been written in ANY Open Source software, even Vim?" I just really need some counterexamples to throw up once the inevitable bullying starts. > > That said, one wonders what axe this person has to grind. > That was the exact question that came to my mind. > > On 06/09/2013 10:36 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > On one of my writers' mailing list, after I said I used LyX, a guy > > who really does have what once was a best-seller wrote this: > > > > ======================================= > > "As for Lyx, you need to know that, with very few exceptions none > > of which immediately come to mind open source programs have great > > appeal for people who want to tinker with computers but almost none > > for those who actually want to do something. Such apps tend to have > > butt ugly interfaces and stupid names like Lyx and Snort and Gimp > > and Phlegm. Last I saw, Lyx wasn't even WYSIWYG, for crying out > > loud. Forewarned is forewarned. Or something like that." > > ======================================= SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
