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RE: Moscow-Cassiopea



> Yes. To save Linux's face, you can't do most things with Windows either.
> Word is not WYSIWYG editor, contrary to popular opinion. It's
> What-You-See-Is-What-I-Think-You-Should-Get-And-Don't-Try-To-Convince-Me
> -To-Do-It-Other-Way-You-Puny-User! editor.

	In fact you can do anything with TeX or Lout... And there are
appearing WYSIWYG-like interfaces for LaTeX, such as LyX and KLyX.
Creating a real WYSIWYG for LaTeX makes no sense, ye know.


> oftenly more convenient to work with X and non-localized program than with
> Hebrew Win95 and non-localized analogue.

	That's why Linux has a chance.  Even if ease-of-use is still not
there -- KDE is getting there, but I find Qt flawed because of QPL
licensing --, the foundations are sound enough that it won't be so hard
to get there as it is with WinXX


> Basically, this platform has it's own uses, that's right. I won't take on
> myself to advise my boss to move on Linux for her desktop. Would you? 
> I humbly hope I could do it in 5 years, but even then I doubt it.

	If you look at what's going on in GNU (GNOME, GWP, etc), SGML/XML,
ABI and the likes, I think I have no doubts about being able to give
a Linux machine to my father, mother and girlfriend in three years --
perhaps even less than two.

	GNOME is just around the corner now, with GNUmerics, GWP and LyX
to follow.  That should be enough for most people, and even better
than M$ because my father won't need to look for me whenever he gets
a lock or crash...

	Remember: servers are the first step and they prove the technical
soundness of GNU and Linux, but in order to achieve freedom from
monopolies and proprietariness we need the desktop.  And if we can
get the egos out of the way and do real work, we have a fair chance of
succeeding.


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