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

[James Stafford <jamess@cts.com>]

George Graves wrote:
> 
> 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

What about TeX? Isn't it the original page layout program? I know for
certain you can write large books with it. You can include eps graphic
files, music, math, and ect.

jamess