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Subject:Re: Why should I be worried about the merger? From:The Peanut Gallery <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:23:24 -0700
That my friend is something I am still working on. ;?)
But if I were corfortable with a tool like Illustrator, and suddenly
all of the copies of Illustrator stopped working and I had to switch
to CorelDraw, I doubt if the learning curve would be significant,
because the theory of what I am doing has not changed only the tool I
am using.
W
On 4/18/05, Guy K. Haas <guy -at- hiskeyboard -dot- com> wrote:
> The Peanut Gallery wrote:
>
> > It's like this, if you bought a craftsman hand saw, then Dewalt bought
> > the craftsman name and then discontinued the craftsman hand saw, would
> > you complain and go buy another one. You might if your pockets were
> > lined with money.
>
> How long did it take to learn how to really productively use the
> Craftsman saw? How long will it be until you are equally comfortable
> and productive with the Dewalt?
>
> --Guy K. Haas
> Software Exegete in Silicon Valley
>
>
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