* Sun, 01 Jun 2003, ben@whack.org:
* Anders Johansson (andjoh@rydsbo.net) [030601 16:41]:
->> Knowing a thing or two about the /ever present/ standard text processor ->> tools is usefull too, if only to give them a feel for the power of these ->> tools for future uses. -> ->For most regular users there are not now, nor will there ever be a time ->when sed, awk of vi is useful. This is why companies have admins. -> ->It is extremely detrimental to the "linux on the desktop" movement to ->include this type of material in "luser" classes. It scares people away.
I'd have to agree with Anders on this point. When I was working at SuSE in Oakland the secretary used Linux on her workstation and rarely had an issue that I remember. She used Netscape, StarOffice and many other programs. I doubt she ever opened a terminal client the whole time she was working there. She got along fine with what she was given to work with. I can't speak about other secretaries in other companies because the other companies I've worked for had them using Windows.
Ok, but we don't know /what/ these Indian people are going to do with their Linux boxes do we? If they are going to use just these basic office programs then I agree with you of course. I didn't mean to say 'give 'em a full tutorial in these Unix tools', just a mention of their existance and a notion of what can be done with them. But hey, it's not my show (hate hot weather anyway), so let the OP decide. Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 27N , 4 29 45E. SuSE 8.2 x86 Kernel k_Athlon 2.4.20-4GB See headers for PGP/GPG info.