From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 19:05:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 19:05:31 -0400 Received: from turnover.lancs.ac.uk ([148.88.17.220]:48112 "EHLO helium.chromatix.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 19:05:29 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20010620153345.I3089@work.bitmover.com> In-Reply-To: <993069751.10191.0.camel@agate> <20010620153345.I3089@work.bitmover.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 00:02:06 +0100 To: Larry McVoy , Alan Cox From: Jonathan Morton Subject: Re: The latest Microsoft FUD. This time from BillG, himself. Cc: Miles Lane , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >You can scream all you want that "it isn't free software" but the fact >of the matter is that you all scream that and then go do your slides for >your Linux talks in PowerPoint. Or AppleWorks (Mac), in my case. Or, if I wanted to be flashy, I'd make the slides up in CorelXARA (which originated on the Acorn and would probably run under WINE today) and move them to GraphicConvertor (Mac) for display. I daresay it's possible to do all that under Linux, but I haven't found such readily-available solutions staring me in the face yet. Incidentally, you don't need a flashy presentation to make an impact. I won a prize this month largely based on a presentation I did - the content was king, the slides were white-on-black text, and I stammered my way through the actual presentation (I'm not good at public speaking). The close runner-up had done a big flashy PowerPoint presentation, was better at public speaking, but hadn't researched his material quite so thoroughly. I use Linux for programming and servers. I still use my Macs for regular day-to-day workstation duty. That's the status quo, and it will only change slowly and with much effort. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: chromi@cyberspace.org (not for attachments) website: http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/ geekcode: GCS$/E dpu(!) s:- a20 C+++ UL++ P L+++ E W+ N- o? K? w--- O-- M++$ V? PS PE- Y+ PGP++ t- 5- X- R !tv b++ DI+++ D G e+ h+ r++ y+(*) tagline: The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it.