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

[Jeremy Crabtree <crc3419@delphi.com>]

BinaryBillTheSailor@Sea++.com wrote:
> 
> Thank you for your well reasoned response. We still have some key
> disagreements, but if we can keep the conversations on this level,
> maybe we can keep things moving forward. The point I made about trying
> to hire graphics designers is really carved in stone. Not only do I
> have to have the name brand software to get the job done, and be 100%
> compatible with the rest of the industry, but designers won't work for
> a company that doesn't use it. They need to think about their next
> job, too. If they leave my company after several years of working on
> something other than Quark, Multi-ad and Photoshop, they will have a
> harder time finding a job. They really don't care about knowing what's
> under the hood. Becoming "system level" users really won't add value
> to their resume.

But once they understand it on the "systems level" they *will* be more
valuable, their resume may not benefit, but their employer most
definitely will. They will be able to work with and understand the
system and the software better than their fellow employees who may have
learne3d only the few apps required for their jobs.

> Its no different than the fact that computer
> professionals who care about their future won't stay long in a shop
> that uses obsolete technology. They need to stay sharp on what their
> NEXT employer will expect them to know.

A good point, but one must first determine how one defines "obsolete."
(I really want to elaborate more, but I can't think of a good way to say
it at the moment)

> 
> Don't forget that even mighty Microsoft was virtually shut out of the
> graphics market until Quark and Photoshop were made available in a
> version for the PC. There were plenty of other (and excellent)
> programs that were "similar". That just wasn't enough. It really does
> have to say Quark and Photoshop on the box.

Hmm...like I said before..."pointy haired bosses"...

> 
> nice chatting with you.

Yes, it is nice to see something around that isn't just the same old
arguments being shouted back and forth over and over and over and over
and...

[SNIPped for brevity]

-- 
Vive Macintosh, all hail OS/2, Long live the Amiga, UNIX forever, umm,
and all the other systems I didn't mention. We all compute differently,
get over it.                                          Jeremy Crabtree