On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:07 PM, jtd <[email protected]> wrote: >> You are mixing two disjoint sets. > > I am. But deliberately. Because FLOSS users are affected by M$isms all > the while. Which is closely tied in to procurement policies. Also... > >> I am not talking of government >> contracts. The OP was talking about the difficulties in adoption of >> FOSS and lack of trained professionals, with special emphasis on >> graphics/design processes. > > ...this thread is specifically about a WB ministry trying to use > FLOSS. Not just a reply to Niyam's (excellent) more general response > >> To which I am proposing a solution that >> make a software that cuts the learning time, instead of matching >> the learning time and empower users to do more with FOSS when >> compared with closed solution. > > At least as far as audio processing goes, the learning curve is just > the same as other tools. You can do far more already. The problem is > that the user has not learnt the principles of sound and video > engineering but merely the ability to handle certain tools. Having > once invested his time and money in learning one set of tools, he is > most reluctant to do so again. This is the same with lets say a
On one hand you are saying that the learning curve is deterrent o switching and on other hand you are saying that learning curve is not a problem. <snip> > >> As I quoted MySQL, Firefox and >> Google chrome as examples of software that did more than closed >> sourced solutions, had shorter learning curve, at the same time >> proved to be more secure and stable than closed source >> alternatives. > > I disagree in the sense that these were a limited specific subset of > cases Limited specific subset which are present on every third desktop and/or enterprise server in the world. As usual the discussion is going into the signature FOSSCOMM loop. I drops out of the thread :) regards Vivek -- The hidden harmony is better than the obvious!! _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
