tlug: Transitioning to Linux (was: Many Faces on Linux)

[Marcus Metzler <mocm@example.com>]

John De Hoog writes:
 > provided as Word 97 files in order for me to get paid. Most documents
 > also contain a large number of technical drawings, which I have been
 > doing using Smartdraw, a Windows program. When I don't have time to do
 > them myself, I farm them out to an Australian firm. That company can
 > work in Windows or on a Mac, but does not do Linux (yet). Does Linux
 > have a comparable program for doing technical drawings easily? 
xfig is quite good for drawings. It can export to TeX or EPS.
 > 
 > These are a few of the realities I'm faced with in making any transition
 > to Linux. I'll wager there's no easy solution at this point in time. Am
 > I right?
Seems like the problem is with the customers who want Word files. If
they would shift to Linux ...
Well, that want happen any time soon I guess. But I think TeX or LaTeX 
is much better than Word especially for scientific and technical text.

Marcus

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