Re: General advice beyond Org

[tomas]

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On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 09:12:42AM +0200, S. Champailler wrote:
> Be aware that free software is politcally loaded. It's just not a matter of 
> having the right or best tools, it' sometimes a question of ideal, that is 
> something that is *very* hard to negociate about...

Well, because in a way, it *is* political. As the stance to "keep
out politics" at all costs is political too.

> Moreover, if the people you work with use, say Word, it's pretty tough to 
> bring in, say Latex. Because you'll disrupt the organisation of the team.

I've been able to cope with that to some extent by using Org mode
as a "hub" -- I can export as LaTeX for my viewing pleasure and as
(LibreOffice) ODF, which can be converted into Word for other people's
viewing pleasure.

Now a way back from Word to Org would be bliss, but is more thorny...

Now I just try to (help) lobby politicians to drop proprietary
formats. We're 1 against 1000 (perhaps even worse if you count
dollars instead of people), but we're getting better!

> Changing other's mind, or methods is super hard, what you experience is just 
> the normal. It'd be nice to know why your advisor rejects free software 
> equivalents (lack of features ? fear of legal battles ? organisational ...)

This is a very important point, and one without which no change
will be possible: Whenever I try to convince someone to change
her tools I just imagine how I would react if someone tried to
pry my beloved Emacs from my hands.

Cheers
- -- tomás
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