[ILUG-BOM] Re: Linux India Initiative

[Nikhil Joshi]

On Wed, 25 Dec 2002, vinayak_hegde at softhome.net wrote:

> > 1. The local cyber-cafe wallah (who probably took a loan) and is more
> >    concerned in making money than learning a new OS
> 
> That he can. My friend runs a cybercafe with diskless systems and squid as
> proxy. The diskless systems were brought for dirt cheap throwaway price.
> He finds it easy to manage the network bcos he uses linux. Can Windows offer
> more value for money. 

Learning Curve, piracy, Windows 2K/XP

 
> > 2. The DTP shop-wallah who has
> Photoshop,CorelDraw,I-leap,Pagemaker....
> 
> Well you need to fiddle with photoshop and cousins to learn them as well.
> And they get the job done well and quick. GIMP even has script-fu to get the
> job quickly. If u are not satisfied with what you get u can write your
> filters. Latex is really good when it comes to document foramtting so is
> postscript. 

Learning Curve, not many professionals knowing GIMP, CMYK prob with GIMP

> > 3. The Photo-studio guy who just bought an 15,000 worth printer with the
> >    driver CD's
> 
> The printer can work and many printers do work on linux. 
                           ^^^^
i wish that were all


> > 4. The engg. (CS) student who took a paid seat, invested more than 2
> 
> You can make big bucks as well as gain fame by writing good free software.

Not comparable with the biggies I feel.
Even on the Usenet ppl confess that they earn bread and butter w/ biggies 
nd Linux is their hobby.
No free s/w supporting company can compete with the philanthrophy of Bill 
Gates. It seems Microsoft is making money for good afterall :)

 
> M$'s crappy software is worth just that. On second thoughts maybe less. 

please, we need not be bigots


Nikhil