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Re: Gotta' Love Linux

From owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Gotta' Love Linux
Date 2017-04-21 18:19 +0000
Organization O.W.L.
Message-ID <ahzb003.ab8@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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-hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
> On Friday, April 21, 2017 at 8:40:25 AM UTC-4, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>> owl wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>> > -hh wrote:
>> >> On Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 6:29:18 AM UTC-4, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> <brevsnip>
>> >>>
>> >>> Heh, reminds me of grad school, where I was composing
>> >>> my Ph.D. dissertation ... 
>> >> 
>> >> An undergraduate student group ... is now on MS-Word
>> >> as it makes soft & hard prints via Adobe PDF ... 
>> >
>> > If only someone could figure out how to generate pdf documents from latex...
>> 
>> LOL  The -highhorse sure is a numbnuts, isn't he?
> 
> Oh, poor PWNED Chris Ahlstrom continues to stoop to
> the jealous low road of namecalling.
> 
> 
>> Why the HELL would I pay Adobe and Microsoft to do what I 
>> can do without cost, and faster, with vi, LaTeX, and pdflatex?
> 
> Have you actually done an honest & objective cross-comparison
> to come to this claimed conclusion?  
> 
> For if you actually did, then you must know and be able to
> immediately share just what the differential savings metric 
> from which you came to your **informed** conclusion was, so
> then let's have your performance metrics.  
> 

Linux/vim/pdflatex:

O.690 seconds for a 336 page pdf.  Cost: $0.

vs.

Windows 10, cost approx $100
MS Word, cost approx $100
Installation time for both, approx 8 hours @$150/per hour for my trouble.
Add on medical bills for banging my head against the table several
times...  Savings is clear.

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Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-20 17:17 +0000
  Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-20 12:22 -0500
    Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 10:51 -0700
  Re: Gotta' Love Linux chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-20 12:55 -0500
    Re: Gotta' Love Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 18:06 +0000
      Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 11:19 -0700
      Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-20 13:56 -0500
        Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 12:00 -0700
        Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 12:32 -0700
          Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-22 09:05 -0700
      Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-21 08:49 -0400
      Re: Gotta' Love Linux chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 08:02 -0500
        Re: Gotta' Love Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-21 13:17 +0000
          Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-21 10:13 -0500
            Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-21 11:20 -0400
              Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 15:35 -0700
            Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 15:33 -0700
    Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-21 08:38 -0700
  Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-21 08:32 -0400
    Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-21 15:30 +0000
      Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-21 19:19 -0400
    Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-21 08:55 -0700
      Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-21 18:19 +0000
        Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-21 15:44 -0700
          Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-22 00:16 +0000
            Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-22 07:47 -0400
              Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-22 08:49 -0400
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-22 13:14 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-22 21:38 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-22 14:52 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-22 22:09 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-22 20:59 -0400
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-22 18:18 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-22 22:00 -0400
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-23 14:22 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-23 10:37 -0400
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-23 15:37 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-23 12:21 -0400
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-23 17:05 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-23 10:17 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-23 19:03 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-23 15:18 -0400
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-23 12:31 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-23 10:49 -0500
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-23 12:21 -0400
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-23 19:05 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-23 14:15 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-23 10:53 -0400
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-23 15:09 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-23 12:20 -0400
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-23 17:23 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-22 23:14 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-22 18:49 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-22 22:59 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-22 20:55 -0400
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-22 23:00 -0700
          Gotta' Love LaTeX Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-22 07:32 -0400
        Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-21 19:31 -0400
          Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 16:45 -0700
          Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-21 17:51 -0700

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