[Scribus] Win32 port

[Frank Gaude']

Hello, Paul, Henry, and all!

I'm a graphic designer of many years, using CoralDRAW!, PageMaker, Paint 
Shop Pro, Photoshop, and InDesign. Scribus has a ways to go before it is up 
to the things that InDesign can do. But, many don't need all the bells and 
whistles. The price is right too.

As for the way people are, consider that life is diverse, and there are 
really no two people that are identical in their desires and workings. We 
have to learn to live-and-let-live. Windows has been the OS of choice 
because it catered to those who wishes for things easy. Apple Mac OS has 
been that way too. Most people are not into programming or even how things 
work: They simply wish to get their work done in the simpliest way, and I 
think we can understand that. Let's face it, Windows and Mac are refined, 
Linux is not there yet, and "nearly good enough is not good enough."

Scribus is getting close to being main stream for many of us. What with The 
GIMP we are close to have a reasonable graphic design set of programs... but 
I will not hold my breath for them and Linux to overtake the Win and Mac 
platforms when it comes to such.

Regards,
Frank Gaude'
Cameron Park CA USA

From: "Henry Hartley" <henryhartley at westat.com>


On Mon, 28 March 2005 at 10:44 AM Paul said:
>>
>> > I agree with you that the best route would be for this to NOT
>> > require any other installations like alternative printing
>> > systems, etc.
>>
>> I find it rather upsetting that this attitude even exists. Part of
>> the fun of growing up with computers was the diversity out there.
>> If one product was better than another, then the other product was
>> used. It's still there with Linux and BSD folks, and to some extent
>> with OSX users, but not under Windows. It's like all Win32 users
>> have had a brain transplant with something accepted only at Redmond
>> Terraces.

I agree with you completely on this.  I try to remind myself that many
of these people are not necessarily using computers because they like
computers but because they have to.  Computers are part of the reality
for most office workers but it's not really what they enjoy,
particularly.  I like to tinker and to try new things, make things work
better, etc.  Not everyone is that way.  For them, the words "fun" and
"computer" are rarely, if ever, used in the same sentence.

On the other hand, I've got a friend (of my parents' generation) whose
Windows 98 computer was not up to her needs.  I suggested that we
install Linux on it as the hardware would be perfectly adequate and
she'd really rather not have to buy another computer yet.  She's willing
to give it a try.  When it comes to web and email, I already had her
using a Mozilla based browser and mail client.  After I showed her
OpenOffice, she thought that would work fine for her.  But, she has her
books, including her late husband's estate information, in Quick Books
and cannot afford to not be able to get to that.  I've just set up a
machine for her to try with GnuCash and if it works, she'll be free of
Microsoft for good.  If not, I'll try running Quick Books in Wine but
don't know how well that will work.  In any case, she's a bit worried
about not having what she is familiar with.  Without a lot of
hand-holding, she'd never have the nerve.

>> I'm currently looking into using Win32 API for the printing. It's
>> not nice. Not nice at all.

No, I don't suppose it is.  But I'm grateful to you for making the
effort.

-- 
Henry
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