On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 11:10:07PM +0200, Roberto Franceschini wrote: > I'm not enetering the technincalities of the thing, i'm not in > position to do so. > I'm just saying that one side LyX is the best word processor, but on > the other side most of the people, dumb like mule, stick to LaTeX just > because it's the standard de-facto. > This make LyX widespreadening much more difficult than it would be. > > Result: > 1) I can wirte my master thesis using LyX. It was 1.4.1 and I think > I saved so much time compared to Latex and i got a much better result > too (Latex can do better, but you need an infinite amount of time > ...). > 2) I cannot use LyX anymore because when you write in a > collaborarion a common format is needed and, de-facto, this is Latex, > not lyx file format. Isn't this sad?
You should do a better marketing job... point out that "LyX not only is free, but available for your -- yes *your* -- platform of choice too! And the cost of installing it, in terms of disc space etc., is asymptotically zero if you already have installed, or decided to install, a full LaTeX installation. So what are you waiting for?" Worked for a few of my collaborators. - Martin
