Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 14, 2006 01:25 AM
"before you insult people, think. John Posada's example of the gimp is valid. It was hard for me to find the win32 port of the Gimp last time I installed it 2 years ago."
And it takes less time to go the store, buy photoshop, go back home, and then install it? The GIMP folks probably should make the Windows version more easily accessible, but the problem here is a typical double standard. The user complains that it takes too long to get the OSS application but they don't mind the fact that it actually takes longer to go out and get a proprietary application.
"I use Kate cause its is simple to use, and its interface is windows like. I am sure emacs or vi would do lots for me, if I knew how to use them, but I don't, and I won't in the near future."
The amount of time you will save by using vim or emacs is significantly greater than the amount of time it will take you to learn to use one of them. You are only cheating yourself by using less capable tools. A Microsoft Office user that is resisting OpenOffice simply because it requires them to relearn some things is making a similar mistake. The cost of learning it (the amount of money lost by using time for learning the program rather than working) will probably be made up in the long run in cost savings from not having to buy copies of Microsoft Office.
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Re:don't diss people
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 14, 2006 01:25 AMAnd it takes less time to go the store, buy photoshop, go back home, and then install it? The GIMP folks probably should make the Windows version more easily accessible, but the problem here is a typical double standard. The user complains that it takes too long to get the OSS application but they don't mind the fact that it actually takes longer to go out and get a proprietary application.
"I use Kate cause its is simple to use, and its interface is windows like. I am sure emacs or vi would do lots for me, if I knew how to use them, but I don't, and I won't in the near future."
The amount of time you will save by using vim or emacs is significantly greater than the amount of time it will take you to learn to use one of them. You are only cheating yourself by using less capable tools. A Microsoft Office user that is resisting OpenOffice simply because it requires them to relearn some things is making a similar mistake. The cost of learning it (the amount of money lost by using time for learning the program rather than working) will probably be made up in the long run in cost savings from not having to buy copies of Microsoft Office.
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