On 06-Jul-06, at 6:29 PM, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
thing missing. (I have run a printing press for several years, so i
know what i am talking about)
I agree with you but partially. Blind hero-worship is not going to get
FOSS anywhere. BUT, I think you're mistaken. You run a printing press,
thats cool but Dr.Nagarjuna's PhD student (forgot her name) gave an
excellent presentation on LaTeX. It'll beat the crap out of any
software.
print is about colour. A press prints in 4 colours (sometimes 5 or 6,
but that is another matter), so the page has to be separated into the
4 basic colours - cyan, magenta, yellow and black and these four
colours are printed one on top of another to get the output. For
professional work, rudimentary wont cut it. Similarly layout requires
the utmost of precision and effects - what looks ok on screen may
look horrible on paper - again rudimentary wont cut it. Incidently,
one foss tool, blender, beats all its proprietory rivals. And,
incidently, latex rocks, but there are very few phd students in the
print world ;-)
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