Hi All , > >People CAN make a living without essentially coding or doing sysadmin work. >Using GNU/Linux doesn't mean you're only a web-developer/sysadmin/programmer. > I agree that Computer and it's operating system is just a tool to achieve our objective. The example of Mr. Russel is great and i have heard about him and his studio from couple of others I will tell you where i am coming from a) FOSS is adopted in places where there is "Demand Side Learning" ( I am quoting this from a HBR article which i read some time back ) . In this case Russel , Aniver , Santhosh , Praveen and others have taken extra effort to understand the stuff ( This is an example of demand side learning ) It is not the case with all. b) When we work in a company , we are forced to use the tools which our employer want you to work. Yes , there is option to switch companies. How many are in a position to do that. Some of the names which anish mentioned do work in Corporate companies to sustain them. ( Do not stump me by saying that one is working in a company which produces FOSS software and other develop private software kind of stuff !) c) What the guys show here is "Survivor's Bias" ( do not confuse with Survivorship bias - that is anotether term ) . Sporadic success is not what we should look for. I will site another anecdote I have seen some successful computer professionals who are college drop outs. Can we generalize from this ? I hope , not. Some of those "Survivors" tell that college education is sham. Fact of the matter is Educational system of india is one of the most successful mass education scheme in the world ( It has empowered millions . Mediocrity is the need of the hour in a crowded place ) There are some people ( exceptions ) who have survived the proprietory software "tide". Going with the wave can empower thousands , where as going against something can give success to a few. regards Praseed Pai
--- On Wed, 9/29/10, Mahesh Aravind <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mahesh Aravind <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ILUG-Cochin.org] A small request on "Libre" To: "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL Software " <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 8:54 AM >From: Sebin Jacob <[email protected]> > >I do know that exceptions are not examples. But what you made was a sweeping >statement which had unsubstantiated claim. The declarative tone made me to >respond. I just wanted to make a point that you can make a living with FOSS. > Praseed, I have to agree with Sebin on this. People CAN make a living without essentially coding or doing sysadmin work. Using GNU/Linux doesn't mean you're only a web-developer/sysadmin/programmer. Today I had the honour of meeting Mr. Russel Khader from Libre Graphics Studio Designs, Ekm North (His site, www.perpic.com is down). Mr. Khader runs a design studio ENTIRELY on FOSS tools. The only Windoze laptop he keeps is for his scanner, which he's going to get rid of shortly to switch to total FOSS tools. I quizzed him regarding failure of Gimp to do CMYK colour channel etc., and he was happy to sit down and demonstrate how he can retain CMYK channels in Scribus, by using Krita (KDE). He does brochures, visiting cards, flyers, you-name-it! He also took time to explain how to rescue CorelDraw induced problems in files, how to re-work on files which was produced by Windoze PhotoShop, and much more. He has in-depth knowledge of image file formats, colour profiles, proprietary tools compatibility issues, compression schemes and many more. He was using Ubuntu Lucid, and a keen researcher on latest updates on FOSS design domain. Also, he manages to keep his Scibus updated to the SVN repo one. He dismissed my comment on the general opinion of pubilc, as "people can't make a living out of free software". He himself is an example. It was indeed a pleasure meeting him. -- Mahesh Aravind _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
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