Re: Talk to your frTalk your friend into switching to Linux(Re:)

[gmgraves@slip.net (George Graves)]

In article <3569D576.C0095B3D@delphi.com>, crc3419@delphi.com wrote:

> > So where is the Illustrator-like program?
> 
> > 
> > Where is the PageMaker/QuarkXpress-like program.
> > 
> > They are really needed for Linux to be useful to me.
> 
> I see you are finally getting to the real issue. The software that *YOU*
> need isn't available. To state just that, would have been acceptable,
> but instead you decided to be a horses a** about it and assert, point
> blank, that there is *NO* software available, when really there is no
> software that *you personally need* available. A distinmction you
> trollishly ignored.

Wrong. If you had been following this thread you would
have noticed that BOTH Josh Mckee and myself have been
saying that Linux advocates, when they tout the 'millions'
(as I believe one Linux booster mentioned) of titles
available for Linux, never talk about any real
productivity software. Sure they mention StarOffice,
WordPerfect and the GIMP, but they never talk about the
gaping holes in the available software fabric for Linux.
There doesn't seem to be a decent illustaration program,
there doesn't seem to be ANY page layout programs. With
omissions like this, Linux is severely crippled. It needs
basic productivity apps in order to be able to compete
with Windows and the Mac. And that is the point of this
thread.

George Graves