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Re: [LUG] DCC FoI: software licenses used

 

On Wednesday 17 June 2009 11:52, Rob Beard wrote:
> Viv wrote:
> > When I worked at the DCC for a while, I had to use Publisher (I think it
> > was version 2003). This is all that the admin staff seem to have for
> > doing pre-production DTP work. Staff who have to design their own
> > posters, newsletters and other publications have to use this and then
> > email the files to the publishing / printing arm of the DCC for
> > production.
> >
> > Having just started using Scribus, I would say this is much easier /
> > quicker once you get used to it.
> >
> > Viv
>
> Yup, Scribus is pretty good, especially consdiering it's free.  I prefer
> OpenOffice Draw myself but I have done a few bits and pieces in Scribus
> and Inkscape too.
>
> Just think too, if DCC standardised on Scribus for any new documents
> (and convert any old Publisher documents to PDF) they would save a whole
> load of money on licences (although knowing Microsoft I bet the cost of
> licenses would be something cheap say £10 a license and they would argue
> the savings wouldn't be much consdiering the time and effort to convert
> hundreds and maybe thousands of Publisher files to PDF).
<gets on high my little pony>
If they've got any sense they'll use Kompozer for documents and put them 
online! The printing arm can do any conversion to archaic paper formats 
should the need still arise </pony>
As for Scribus etc - I'm looking for an SVG editor written in SVG/Javascript.
I used to be a Microchip designer and find all modern draw packages seriously 
over egged and not in the least intuitive!
Tom te tom te tom


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