John Beardmore wrote: > Maciej Hanski wrote: > > >> Maciej Hanski wrote: >> >>> Hi list, >>> I would like to invite those of you who have successfully utilized >>> Scribus in your DTP projects this year to add a few words about >>> hers/his experience with Scribus to our "Success Stories" in our Wiki: >>> >>> http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Success_stories >>> >> We have received five really nice success stories since this "last call" >> (from Brasil, Germany, France, the US -- among others, there is this >> kind offer http://tinyurl.com/35t5cn of cost-free professional DTP >> support for NGO's and charities, so if you work for such an organisation >> and need a helping hand with Scribus, don't wait till December 24:). >> >> But I'm quite convinced, there must be more of this stuff out there, in >> particular I wonder whether we could get such reports from countries in >> which we know for sure Scribus has some strong supporters (e.g. Czech >> Republic, India, Russia...). Now it is your time to show off:) If you >> don't feel like writing in English, you may even write your success >> story in your language and we will surely find someone on this list to >> translate it into English. >> >> cheers >> Maciej >> > > OK then, from the UK, feel free to use as much or as little as you like > of the text below. You have permission to use my name and / or company > name, or not, as you see fit. > > And thank you everybody very much !! > > > Cheers, J/. > > ======================================================= > > I stumbled on Scribus more or less by accident, and having got fed up > with paying Adobe for software, where the bugs mostly didn't get fixed, > I thought I'd give it a try. > > Our work is mostly sustainability, environmental and renewable energy > projects, either as a 'Social Venture' or voluntary enterprise, so cost > is important as well as functionality. > > I loaded 1.3.3.9, and with the exception of one bug that I raised in the > very supportive email list, it has performed flawlessly, and printed > very well. That's actually a lot less buggy that Pagemaker or InDesign, > though I grant we can no longer afford the upgrades to the latest > versions of those products. I'm also delighted that Scribus is cross > platform as we are slowly moving to Linux, and we can collaborate with > others, without having to pay extortionate rates for extra licenses for > occasional users ! > > The first complete document I wrote in Scribus was a solar water heating > system manual, nearly 40 pages long, with a lot of pictures. It has > been very well received, and will bring us in new work. > > We are already preparing a number of other documents in Scribus. > Scribus has become our main DTP tool for all future projects. > > This has been a superb experience for us. I thought it would be years > before Linux had a tool like this, and its being cross platform is a > massive bonus ! Well done !! I'm really looking forward to the next > stable release, though there's very little wrong with 1.3.3.9 ! Given > that software can always be improved, the exciting thing is just how > good it might get in a few years. > >
John, what we like to have too is a representative picture if you can spare one, since it will really enhance your text. Thanks, Greg
