[OS X TeX] Who should use (La)TeX - who is able to use it?

[Alain Schremmer]

Just as a counter-example, I am in my (very late) sixties, "generally 
hate MS and love Linux, for philosophical reasons. Speak openly about 
Macs, [am] quite excited about it".
I also love open source in general and LaTeX in particular for 
philosophical reasons
OK, I still have to learn to love Terminal.
Regards
--schremmer

Bruno Voisin wrote:

> Le 15 nov. 04, à 22:44, Gerben Wierda a écrit :
>
>> This is indeed a generic point. I noticed too that Mac users were 
>> very negative about the change to Mac OS X.
>
>
> I noticed the same, long-term Mac users refusing for as long as 
> possible to migrate from OS 9 to OS X. But I've the impression things 
> are now evolving, with a new "generation" of users coming, having 
> discovered the Mac with OS X, and with former switchers from Windows 
> or Mac OS to Linux getting tired of compatibility issues and realizing 
> OS X offers Unix with polish and ease of use on top. I've just managed 
> to make a convert of the second sort, he's ordered his PowerBook 15" 
> today :)
>
> I would say what I'm seeing now at work can be grossly classified as:
>
> - People in their fifties and sixties: don't feel as much pressure as 
> they used to, have enough funding to buy what they like, favour ease 
> of use and comfort, can afford to spend a bit of time learning a new 
> OS. For some of them that means a Mac with OS X.
>
> - People in their thirties or fourties: lots of stress, fights to get 
> funding, shortage of time, which generally implies Windows for maximum 
> interoperability, no learning curve (everybody has had to use Windows 
> at school) and cheap hardware, or Linux for philosophical reasons and 
> cheap hardware. Not many Mac users among these people, except a few of 
> us resisting.
>
> - People in their twenties: generally hate MS and love Linux, for 
> philosophical reasons. Speak openly about Macs, are quite excited 
> about it and would love to get one should they get money for it. See 
> Mac positively, as Unix with polish and ease of use on top, see 
> Terminal.app as a way to have fun (= the possibility to hack the core 
> OS) rather than stress, have all played with Fink and use it 
> extensively. None of them have the 80s pictures of the Mac as a toy, 
> not to be considered seriously. Possibly the iPod effect, the fact 
> that Macs are now a part of lifestyle, something you're proud of and 
> no longer ashamed of.
>
> It's an all subjective picture, of course.
>
> Bruno Voisin
>
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