Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)

[Tyler Smith <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca>]

On 2007-02-13, Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote:
> Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>> Outside of high academia & the publishing industry, most people don't
>> care how ugly their printed documents look. 
> I think there are an awful lot of us in business, non-profits, and 
> government who'd contest this.
> Not to mention those in the advertising and marketing arena.

Currently working in academia, I'd contest this too. A lot of
academics know only the WYSIWYG approach, and are not motivated to
learn anything different. Paradoxically, scientists are very much
'early-adopters' when it comes to the techniques used in their
mode-of-inquiry, but extremely conservative with everything else. Of
course, compsci and related math types are a big exception.

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Regards,

Tyler Smit