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RE: Why Tech-Writers Should Know About Open Source Technologies
Subject:RE: Why Tech-Writers Should Know About Open Source Technologies From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axion -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:10:16 -0700
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 13:58 -0400, Nuckols, Kenneth M wrote:
> I'm not sure I'm ready to abandon all the software I've been using and
> run off after Bruce and the other apostles of OS applications just yet,
> but I'm becoming more and more convinced it's probably a good idea to
> learn more about the more popular OS applications "just in case..."
You make me sound positively Biblical. :-)
But I'm writing from Linux, and I have an IRC channel open that's used
by the staff for an open source web site, so I suppose I have to admit
that I am committed (or should be committed).
Anyway, what I wanted to say is that I've always taken the position that
learning a new piece of software is like learning another language. You
may never have a real use for it, but it keeps you adaptable. That way,
if you ever do have to learn another piece of software quickly, you're
in better condition to meet the demands.
"When a person has a poor ear for music he will flat and sharp
right along without knowing it. He keeps near the tune, but is
not the tune. When a person has a poor ear for words, the result
is a literary flatting and sharping; you perceive what he is intending
to say, but you also perceive that he does not say it.'
- Mark Twain
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