Hi,
Why technical writers aren't using FOSS
By: Bruce Byfield
http://software.newsforge.com/software/06/04/06/199255.shtml?tid=132
QUOTING
What I chiefly noticed was how little knowledge about FOSS had reached
the average tech writer. And if such relatively expert computer users
knew so
Cristian Driga wrote:
Thoughts ?
I think we should pick a set of market segments where it's easier to
sell FOSS. What I got from Bruce's article was not that Linux on the
desktop is hopeless, but that Tech Writers are not the best segment to
target. You have to pick the battles you are most
On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 09:06 +0100, Daniel Carrera wrote:
Cristian Driga wrote:
Thoughts ?
I think we should pick a set of market segments where it's easier to
sell FOSS. What I got from Bruce's article was not that Linux on the
desktop is hopeless, but that Tech Writers are not the best
Hi John, all,
John McCreesh wrote:
On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 09:06 +0100, Daniel Carrera wrote:
Cristian Driga wrote:
Thoughts ?
I think we should pick a set of market segments where it's easier to
sell FOSS. What I got from Bruce's article was not that Linux on the
desktop is hopeless, but
On Fri, 2006-14-04 at 11:55 +0200, Sophie Gautier wrote:
Having some experience in technical writing, I would like to add that it
depends also of the editor that will publish your book.
While writing technical books could be called technical writing, maybe I
should explain that I was using
As a rule Technical Writers, and other commercial writers, tend to be
led by the requirements of their clients and/or employers. I use
OpenOffice and other FOSS applications whenever I can -- but I'm usually
asked if I can use MS Office to submit my work.
I tend to use OpenOffice as my
