Re: gEDA-user: Why use gEDA? [OT]

2007-03-07 Thread Dave McGuire
On Mar 7, 2007, at 3:17 AM, David Fang wrote: There is hope in opening the eyes of windows users, you just have to win them over gradually with little demonstrations. Demonstrate to your audience solving simple problems in UNIX one at a time. Emphasize using the right tools for the right j

Re: gEDA-user: Why use gEDA? [OT]

2007-03-07 Thread David Fang
> > I would go even farther on this ...Even if stuck with > > windoze .. sometimes you still need to work with text files. > > The unix hack digs in and solves the problem. The windows user > > says "I can't" and they call in someone else to solve the > > problem. > >I've explained this

Re: gEDA-user: Why use gEDA? [OT]

2007-03-06 Thread Dave McGuire
On Mar 6, 2007, at 11:34 PM, al davis wrote: I would go even farther on this ...Even if stuck with windoze .. sometimes you still need to work with text files. The unix hack digs in and solves the problem. The windows user says "I can't" and they call in someone else to solve the problem.

Re: gEDA-user: Why use gEDA? [OT]

2007-03-06 Thread Svenn Are Bjerkem
On 3/7/07, Dave N6NZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: al davis wrote: > > As a teacher, try to emphasize this, even in the tests. The > highest grades go to those who can dig in and solve strange > problems. Absolutely. As a hiring manager, I'm only interested in people who can tackle difficult

RE: gEDA-user: Why use gEDA? [OT]

2007-03-06 Thread Bert Timmerman
, and then sort the best one out of those ... Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens al davis Verzonden: woensdag 7 maart 2007 5:34 Aan: geda-user@moria.seul.org Onderwerp: Re: gEDA-user: Why use gEDA? [OT] On Tuesda

Re: gEDA-user: Why use gEDA? [OT]

2007-03-06 Thread Dave N6NZ
al davis wrote: Regardless of preference, at some time everyone will be confronted with something else. Whether you like it or not, it is important to be able to cope with it. Gee... in the old days, that was simply assumed. Let's see... My career as measured by operating systems on whic

Re: gEDA-user: Why use gEDA? [OT]

2007-03-06 Thread al davis
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 22:45, Marc Moreau wrote: > *cough* vim *ahem* > > Sorry..  Couldn't resist. > > /me dawns the flame suit Regardless of preference, at some time everyone will be confronted with something else. Whether you like it or not, it is important to be able to cope with it. I h

Re: gEDA-user: Why use gEDA? [OT]

2007-03-06 Thread DJ Delorie
> > the second photo having little > > snippets of shell scripts, awk scripts, a perl script or two and an > > emacs window. > > *cough* vim *ahem* In real life, you have several of each :-P ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://

Re: gEDA-user: Why use gEDA? [OT]

2007-03-06 Thread Marc Moreau
On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:04:43 -0500 Dan McMahill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [cut] > the second photo having little > snippets of shell scripts, awk scripts, a perl script or two and an > emacs window. *cough* vim *ahem* Sorry.. Couldn't resist. /me dawns the flame suit -Marc pgp93CfgFcTG5.pgp