Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Hans-Peter Diettrich Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:17:17 +0100 Lines: 29 Message-ID: <95jp7vFhrcU2@mid.individual.net> References: <0d5d6d77-d314-4a8a-b696-54d6261268b7@d19g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <3b7d7506-e588-4369-9216-2cff49a5b094@l2g2000prg.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 9YCzerQvlm14OHKZNloidAtqByXkEf5xosviswNHlgX+9Ki7R/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:Bm2o+3VQS7kdak8zD/JGPIZBBAk= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.advocacy:32265 comp.os.linux.setup:481 David Brown schrieb: > This doesn't change the fact that the majority of professional office > use is MS Office. I'd s/professional/business/ *Business* people are better off with the default tools, coming with their preferred platform - which again is coming with their preferred machines, in most cases :-( I've been told that business people also insist in upgrading to the next MSOffice version as soon as it's out, for some obscure reason :-( [Perhaps RayLopez99 is one of those conspirative guys, who want to keep the Global Players easily controllable by their continued use of vulnerable closed source "business standard" (Microsoft) software? ;-] [Where "Players" again leaves room for further contemplation - who's the master of that game, who establishes the rules? ;-] *Professional* writers etc. instead are free in the choice of their tools, provided only that the final result can be obtained in the required distribution format(s). SCNR DoDi