[scribus] off list Re: ! ;-)

[Murray Strome]

--- On Thu, 8/14/08, joseph harris <smilepoet at vfemail.net> wrote:
From: joseph harris <smilepoet at vfemail.net>
Subject: Re: [scribus] off list          Re:  ! ;-)
To: "Scribus User Mailing List" <scribus at lists.scribus.net>
Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 2:45 PM

From: "John Beardmore"
> joseph harris wrote:


And that I would not contest. But you were asking why so few took 
up Scribus in the first place; the answer has to do with 
marketing.

>
> OSS isn't about creating a _perception_ of superiority. It's 
> about doing what it says on the tin.
>
>
> Cheers, J/.

And that is what is so refreshing about it.

Joseph 


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I don't really see why anyone (except the software evangelists) should even care what OS people are using, their market share, etc. Again, I cannot see any reason to worry about what "market share" is enjoyed by Scribus.  Of course, there is some satisfaction for the developers when they can see that lots of people are using it successfully, and it helps in the development when there are many providing comments and suggestions to improve the product. However, I am just grateful that it is there and that, so far in a short period of time, I have been able to learn how to use it to successfully produce documents. I especially appreciate the way that images and text positions in a document don't get all messed up whenever I make a change (such as adding a page) as they do in OO (and Word, though I haven't used that now for years). I have had a steep learning curve, and there are lots of things that can be improved, but generally, I am very happy with the
 package (1.3.3.12 Stable) and look forward to the improvements that have been discussed when they become available in the Ubuntu depositories.

Murray




      
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