>> I might have missed something here (I'm sorry in that case) but are >> you suggesting a LyX-light version for people that does not want to >> use anything but word > > Paradoxically yes.
I'd say: create converters that are shipped with LyX instead! If I may generalize a little.... The word users are of two kinds: the largest part is the one that will never use anything but word no matte what you do. People is still educated to learn "Word" not writing and structuring documents. It is unfortunatly a waste of developer time to produce a LyX light version for these people, I'm affraid. Then there are however some that might install LyX and have a go if someone stands behind them and point and tell them what to do. They might just as well use LyX (perhaps it only need a switch to hide "difficult" menues and good templates(classes?) that will help them create very nice documents? That might be a better thing to do. What is needed is the ability to let LyX users interact with other people. With good converters that enable LyX users to take a X-file, open, edit, and send back a X-file, (where X = word or html or rtf or openoffice or xml or even MP3 (with lillypond?) ) you can work with LyX in any environment. Then others can see how powerful it is and then show them the pricetag... Btw: Education is a great place to promote LyX. Then they might continue to use it in the future. And it is in education people get addicted to Word. :-( Well, if I were a word "fan" and LyX was the dominant tool I would surerly have written a similar comment. Cheers!
