EXCUSE ME!!!! I'm a senior programmer where I work. ANY time I need to express an idea to a subordinate, its done in code. We SHARE IDEAS by writing different code snippits to drive our points home. Its how understanding is born and work gets done. From what you've written, I seriously doubt you've ever WORKED in an environment where this was true. I even doubt your a programmer. Other programmers know this is how we share ideas. In other words, its the way we EXPRESS OURSELVES. Another thing. Art IS BASED on the very same mathematical and logical premises as programming. EVERYTHING in art is based on a geometric primitive. Its the blending of these primitives that makes them beautiful to us. Next time YOU visit an art gallery, try paying attention to this fact.
As a business owner, I think this statement is bogus. Linux is NOT a horrible choice for the average user. I've never had an employee complain that the enviornment they're given[KDE] is "too hard to use". They're given the tools to do their jobs, and they DO it without a hitch. In my experience its the bottle-fed-I-don't-know-what-my-OS-is-REALLY-doing M$ System Administrator who has the hardest time adjusting. However, these people are HARDLY end-users. The real "end-users" either don't know or they don't care about the differences between Linux and Windows.
Microsoft-free offices are not only possible, the exist. I own and manage my own retail company. Every system in my organization is a Linux system. We use Star Office for all of our documentation purposes, and we've had NO troubles exchanging documents with MS Office users(in truth, it rarely happens). Did I benefit from this setup? You bet. As far as computers go, I got the whole thing up and running for only the price of the hardware and the Star Office disks(much cheaper than MS Office!).
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EXCUSE ME!!!!
I'm a senior programmer where I work. ANY time I need to express an idea to a subordinate, its done in code. We SHARE IDEAS by writing different code snippits to drive our points home. Its how understanding is born and work gets done. From what you've written, I seriously doubt you've ever WORKED in an environment where this was true. I even doubt your a programmer. Other programmers know this is how we share ideas. In other words, its the way we EXPRESS OURSELVES.
Another thing. Art IS BASED on the very same mathematical and logical premises as programming. EVERYTHING in art is based on a geometric primitive. Its the blending of these primitives that makes them beautiful to us.
Next time YOU visit an art gallery, try paying attention to this fact.
As a business owner, I think this statement is bogus. Linux is NOT a horrible choice for the average user. I've never had an employee complain that the enviornment they're given[KDE] is "too hard to use". They're given the tools to do their jobs, and they DO it without a hitch. In my experience its the bottle-fed-I-don't-know-what-my-OS-is-REALLY-doing M$ System Administrator who has the hardest time adjusting. However, these people are HARDLY end-users. The real "end-users" either don't know or they don't care about the differences between Linux and Windows.
Microsoft-free offices are not only possible, the exist. I own and manage my own retail company. Every system in my organization is a Linux system. We use Star Office for all of our documentation purposes, and we've had NO troubles exchanging documents with MS Office users(in truth, it rarely happens). Did I benefit from this setup? You bet. As far as computers go, I got the whole thing up and running for only the price of the hardware and the Star Office disks(much cheaper than MS Office!).