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Re: [O] General advice beyond Org


From: edgar
Subject: Re: [O] General advice beyond Org
Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 08:10:08 +0000
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On 2018-05-18 07:12, S. Champailler wrote:
Be aware that free software is politcally loaded. It's just not a
matter of having the right or best tools, it' sometimes a question of
ideal, that is something that is *very* hard to negociate about...

Moreover, if the people you work with use, say Word, it's pretty tough
to bring in, say Latex. Because you'll disrupt the organisation of the
team.

In the case of emacs, though, things are easier : it's made to work
with text files and that is quite compatible with any other
proprietary software. You won't affect anybody's job with that.

Here at my job, I don't control any of the software I use (I have to
use Oracle, Windows, Skype), but I can choose the software that *I*
use for myself. So it's a balance.

Changing other's mind, or methods is super hard, what you experience
is just the normal. It'd be nice to know why your advisor rejects free
software equivalents (lack of features ? fear of legal battles ?
organisational ...)

Stefan

Merci, Stefan. I have tried to understand her point, and I can dissect it into:

1. She does not see the advantage of having to learn how to use anything else. It works well for her, why change and waste time on doing it?

2. She likes and is used to the "features" of the software (today, I discovered that one of these is the so-called "track changes"; I swear I have tried to introduce her to Git, not that she cares).

3. I think that she is used to the interface.

4. She says (and I have no reason to question) that the whole department uses the proprietary software that she uses. It is an imposition to others (including her) to ask them to use something different.

It is only when we have to collaborate directly that the issue arises. I guess that it's a similar situation as you are having (programming? she does not care, I can do whatever I want; publication abstract? she wants a DOCX or DOC). What I find unfathomable is that I can produce the format that she needs (even with style) with free software (thanks community!), but what I perceive as her reluctance to my software (or just plain miscommunication) prevents her from informing me or me understanding what exactly it is that she considers important. In other words, she does not seem to want to deal with it in any way.

I'm sorry, I didn't want to make this very long. I hope that I explained myself.

The count goes like this (so that everyone knows that I am listening, the count is by far the least important): - Yield partially (1) :: You will have to work with proprietary software in some way, but not always. - There is no escape (1) :: You will have to work with proprietary software

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