Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously?

From	Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.setup
Subject	Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously?
Date	2011-06-25 11:04 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Eul_Bofo wrote:
> Le Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:07:13 -0700, RayLopez99 a écrit :
> 
>> Again, I ask the timeless rhetorical question:  who is seriously using
>> Linux for Serious Work?  Since the first time I've posted this thread,
>> from years ago, only ONE (1) person has shown me they do Serious Work (a
>> defined term--for you first time viewers--I'm talking about an OS that
>> supports the Office Suite).  This one person was a contract manager who
>> insisted on using Linux.  He was valuable enough to his organization
>> that they let him get away with this stunt, and he ended up converting
>> all Linux work into Office format using some emulator like Wine I
>> suppose, or perhaps Linux somehow can export to .docx format, though I
>> don't see how.
>>
>> One person in all these years.  Just one.
> 
> Maybe you could ask yourself why you received only one answer. When you 
> want to poll, you should ask yourself :
> 1) do I ask the right question ?
> 2) will people answer to my question, or another one ?
> 3) will people I insult by asking the question the way I ask it be 
> willing to answer ?
>

He knows that... he thrives on #3.

> For example, for the first point, telling people that the only serious 
> work you consider is one using the Office Suite (the caps surely meaning 
> you don't consider LibreOffice to be serious) certainly restricts the 
> number of people who will answer. When you start using Linux, you learn 
> that there are more specialized, useful tools to do your work than the 
> generic office suite. 
> 

   He has no intention of using Linux.

> For the third point, the troll mode you are using means a lot of people 
> won't even start to take time to answer. Think about it.
> 

  He has thought about it, see #3 above.

> I personnally started using Linux at about the same time I started using 
> LaTeX (I'm a math teacher). I only use Office when I want my students to 
> use a spreadsheet.
> 
> So my answer to your question is : yes, I professionnaly use Linux, and I 
> even play Civilization IV on Linux, and some other games, to relax, and my 
> home server is running Linux, even if my daughter's and my wife's 
> computers run Window$.
> 
> 
>> Case closed.
> 
> Sure.
> 
> \bye
> 


-- 
Norman
Registered Linux user #461062
AMD64X2 6400+ Ubuntu 8.04 64bit

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