> If it comes to interoperability it sucks. > Basically the only useful output is postscript. > It's not really suitable for online publishing > (i.e. HTML) and I have not seem any usable > input/output filters for wordprocessors.
There is a Latex to HTML converter, which works resonable, and there is also a tex version that generates output in pdf format.... which seems the standard for web publishing.
> I just think the concept of having to > edit/compile/debug is not very suitable for > wordprocessing.
All depends on the kind of workprocessing. It is ideal for scientific word processing.
The edit/compile cycle alows one to generate tex documents with other programs. For instance, you can have the results of simulations automatically transformed into tables and graphs. Make some changes to the simulation model and everything can be automatically generated again. Just takes one compilation run. Doing tables and graphs by hand is a drag....
And since the same people that design the badly designed site will also design the mapping of keyworks to urls, this mapping scheme will probably suck to.
> Software, especially the OS, is a tool - a means to an end. Why should I study it before using it? > Do you study the complex workings of your car engine before you drive it? > Do you become an expert in Telecoms before switching on your TV? Nope!
Though those are nice examples, the problem is that all the tools you mention are simple tools.
There are others. Music instruments for instance. It requires quite some practice to play the guitar or piano. If you are in IT and like to make efficient use of your tools (OS, development tools) then you have to be willing to learn. An OS is a quite complex tool, the programming tools that come with it are also complex. You will have to practice and learn to make good use of it.
The problem is that space vehicles usually use nuclear fuel for their power generation. With this they will contamenate that place on the moon for future generations...
A while ago I installed win95 with the use of a win3.x to win95 upgrade CD. To my great surprise after the installation was finished there was _no_ IE. ...and everything still works fine....
> The real matter is what can be if corps really > move to Linux ? Without them, I am sure we will > never rise at M$ desktop standards.
The question is do we want that. In the early days of computing, the time of the C64, ZX Spectrum, BBC etc, computing was a lot of fun. There was this whole bunch of hackers that tried to figure out the systems and program for fun. Then the suits came in, developed the PC, and Windows, and took away much of the fun and orginal spirit. Now with Linux computing and computers are fun again. I am afraid all that will be gone again if we let the big companies over again, and try to be everypersons OS.....
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"The FIN is a non-partisan,grassroots network of citizens and businesses "
Can something be grassroot and still be organized by a company with enough money to run the economy of a small country?
> If it comes to interoperability it sucks.
> Basically the only useful output is postscript.
> It's not really suitable for online publishing
> (i.e. HTML) and I have not seem any usable
> input/output filters for wordprocessors.
There is a Latex to HTML converter, which works resonable, and there is also a tex version that generates output in pdf format.... which seems the standard for web publishing.
> I just think the concept of having to
> edit/compile/debug is not very suitable for
> wordprocessing.
All depends on the kind of workprocessing. It is ideal for scientific word processing.
The edit/compile cycle alows one to generate tex documents with other programs. For instance, you can have the results of simulations automatically transformed into tables and graphs. Make some changes to the simulation model and everything can be automatically generated again. Just takes one compilation run. Doing tables and graphs by hand is a drag....
And since the same people that design the badly designed site will also design the mapping of keyworks to urls, this mapping scheme will probably suck to.
it mebi bytes or it might be somthing else :)
>> "it requires a bit of study".
> Software, especially the OS, is a tool - a means to an end. Why should I study it before using it?
> Do you study the complex workings of your car engine before you drive it?
> Do you become an expert in Telecoms before switching on your TV? Nope!
Though those are nice examples, the problem is that all the tools you mention are simple tools.
There are others. Music instruments for instance. It requires quite some practice to play the guitar or piano.
If you are in IT and like to make efficient use of your tools (OS, development tools) then you have to be willing to learn.
An OS is a quite complex tool, the programming tools that come with it are also complex.
You will have to practice and learn to make good use of it.
Have fun,
Frans
The problem is that space vehicles usually
use nuclear fuel for their power generation.
With this they will contamenate that place
on the moon for future generations...
A while ago I installed win95 with the use
of a win3.x to win95 upgrade CD.
To my great surprise after the installation
was finished there was _no_ IE.
...and everything still works fine....
So it used to be possible..
..
> The real matter is what can be if corps really
> move to Linux ? Without them, I am sure we will
> never rise at M$ desktop standards.
The question is do we want that.
In the early days of computing, the time of the
C64, ZX Spectrum, BBC etc, computing was a lot
of fun. There was this whole bunch of hackers
that tried to figure out the systems and program
for fun. Then the suits came in, developed the
PC, and Windows, and took away much of the fun
and orginal spirit. Now with Linux computing
and computers are fun again. I am afraid all
that will be gone again if we let the big
companies over again, and try to be everypersons
OS.....
A very enjoyable piece.... as if you were
there yourself.