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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	2011-06-14 18:37 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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RayLopez99 wrote:
> On Jun 14, 7:20 am, John Slade <hhitma...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> On 6/10/2011 3:07 PM, RayLopez99 wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>> Case closed.
>>        Linux is used to run a LOT of servers and servers are
>> very serious work.
>>
>> John
> 
> Serious Work is a defined term.  See the original post.  By definition
> servers are not Serious Work, though they may be doing serious and
> important work.
> 
> RL

   So you finally manage to contradict yourself in your own post.

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

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Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? John Slade <hhitman86@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-13 21:20 -0700
  Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? RayLopez99 <raylopez88@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 03:58 -0700
    Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? Chris <chrisdhaag@googlemail.com> - 2011-06-14 12:02 +0000
      Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2011-06-14 15:09 +0200
        Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2011-06-14 07:43 -0700
          Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? RayLopez99 <raylopez88@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 10:21 -0700
            Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-15 08:23 +0100
          Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? John Slade <hhitman86@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-15 21:08 -0700
        Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? RayLopez99 <raylopez88@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 10:20 -0700
          Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2011-06-15 11:19 +0200
            Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-06-15 11:00 -0400
              Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2011-06-15 22:46 +0200
            Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-06-15 22:52 +0200
              Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2011-06-16 02:16 +0200
                Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? JeffM <jeffm_@email.com> - 2011-06-15 18:14 -0700
                Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-06-16 06:18 -0400
                Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-06-16 10:24 +0100
                Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? RayLopez99 <raylopez88@gmail.com> - 2011-06-16 13:31 -0700
      Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? RayLopez99 <raylopez88@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 10:19 -0700
        Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? Chris <chrisdhaag@googlemail.com> - 2011-06-14 18:28 +0000
          Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? RayLopez99 <raylopez88@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 12:46 -0700
            Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-15 08:25 +0100
              Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-06-15 10:37 -0400
        Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-15 08:24 +0100
      Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-15 08:23 +0100
    Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? Lusotec <nomail@nomail.not> - 2011-06-14 22:26 +0100
    Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2011-06-14 18:37 -0400
      Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-06-14 23:38 +0100
        Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@netscape.net> - 2011-06-14 23:22 +0000
    Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-15 08:21 +0100

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