ROFLMAO, I ask myself this all the time, on multiple mailing lists. On the bright side, 90% of the heartache doesn't apply to me.
SteveT On Sat, 12 May 2018 20:03:09 -0700 John White <j...@whitelawchartered.com> wrote: > Why are people still using Windows? My firm gets along without Gates > just fine. > > John White > > On Friday, May 11, 2018 4:18:17 PM PDT Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > > On 05/11/2018 03:37 PM, Jim Rockford wrote: > > > In my 20+ years in the world of science, I have not known a single > > > user of Lyx (~50 in total) who wasn't computer savvy. Why not > > > just include a warning message that Lyx 2.3.0 may not function > > > properly with MiKTeX distributions that have not been updated as > > > recently as some specific date? > > > > That is more or less what was proposed by most of the development > > team: A warning at start-up, that LyX was going to update MikTeX, > > with an option for the user to abort the install if they wish. The > > person responsible for the Windows packages refused to include such > > a warning, and we did not think updating people's other software > > without asking permission to do so was something we should do. So > > that has left us in a bad position. > > > > We are working now to try to produce a Windows installer. > > Unfortunately, none of the active development team use Windows, so > > it is taking longer than it otherwise might. We'd certainly welcome > > help from someone who does use Windows. > > > > Riki >
