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From: notbob <notbob@notbob.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What kinds of business use Linux?
Date: 19 Apr 2011 18:53:11 GMT
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On 2011-04-19, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> notbob wrote:
>> On 2011-04-19, Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> wrote:

>>> For example graphic arts folks tend to end up on Apple
>>> since that's hwere the "best" software lives. 
>> 
>> A long dead myth.  
>> 
>
> sorry. Its still the de facto standard in most serious printing houses 
> and graphics studios.

So?  Windows is still the defacto std in most business environments
and we all know it's crap.  What I argued is that's "hwere the "best"
software lives."  Nonsense.  Apple is now Intel based w/ a unix OS.
What can't you get for a Windows machine that's still only available
on a Mac?  My close friend IS a professional graphics artist and he
changed to Windows yrs ago.  Jes because printing houses are too
stupid to change means nada.  Define graphics studios.  Last I heard,
the serious CG effects software for movies is Linux based.  Not
necessarilly OSS, but *nix based nonetheless.   

> More because their user base are idiots, and they are driven by the 
> requirement or someone else to manage the whole thing for cash, rather 
> then do the hard work themselves..

Since when?  Their "user base" is the end users and I've never heard of
the end user dictating requirements.  I came from a machinist
background and was evolved into professional computer user.  Not once
did I ever get to choose the software.  Those "idiots" of which you
speak are told what to learn, know, and use, not the other way around.  

> Better for whom? it made jobs for IT boys, jobs for salesmen in suits, 
> jobs for hardware manufacturers. It was a great jib creation scheme.

Making jobs and running a business well are far from synonymous.  If
business were run efficiently for maximum profit, most of middle mgt
wouldn't even exist. 

nb