On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Tim Wescott wrote: > OK Mr. Refuter -- just how many folks out there use Linux _exclusively_, > _without_ having a copy of windows stashed away somewhere for those one or > two applications that Just Don't Work on Linux?
Two here. > How many of us can truely cut ourselves free from all the .doc formatted > files we have to read, and accountants who want our tax records in > Peachtree format, and microprocessors that can _only_ be debugged with > software that just can't live without being hosted on Windows? How does > that fly with any claim of Linux as being "Software Compatible". Clients and agencies provide .doc files of processed words. When I need to collaborate with others on a document I send them copies in that format. (And now the drafts will be totally unformatted so there are no conversion hassles in either direction). My accountant likes the .pdf files I send her. > Can you find software titles, for free, that _replace_ those titles that > Office Depot makes $$ on after someone buys a Windows machine? For the > most part, the answer is "why yes, I can". Is that the message you want > to leave the store manager with? Don't know the answer to this one. But, it seems that most of the questions posted to the LyX, PostgreSQL, and SQLite mail lists (perhaps others I've overlooked) are from those using Windows, not linux. It seems these folks really like F/OSS but won't take the next logical leap out of Windows. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
