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Spinoff: Using Linux for work? was RE: Why Tech-Writers Should Know About Open Source Technologies
Subject:Spinoff: Using Linux for work? was RE: Why Tech-Writers Should Know About Open Source Technologies From:rjstevenson -at- sprynet -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:41:29 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
That reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask about. How many of us are using Linux *as* tech writers, vs as home users, because it's neato, etc.? The places I've worked so far, even if the developers are on a *nix of some kind, the support staff (like us) are on Windows, and they want doc that works on it.
Sometimes I think I'd need to take a whole year off just to catch up on everything I "should" learn about.
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From: Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
Sent: Sep 15, 2005 10:28 AM
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Subject: RE: Why Tech-Writers Should Know About Open Source Technologies
Also, Bluefish doesn't run on Windows, whereas XML Spy (like Open
Office) does. Maybe "everyone knows" that Linux is going to replace
Windows everywhere someday -- but here in 2005, that's another hurdle.
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