From: hymie! <hymie@lactose.homelinux.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: General advice beyond Org
Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 13:50:36 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnpftmlg.b51.hymie@lactose.homelinux.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7dc580d0ea76c21328dc586ffadb5499@openmail.cc
In our last episode, the evil Dr. Lacto had captured our hero,
edgar@openmail.cc <edgar@openmail.cc>, who said:
> I am in graduate school, and I keep having issues with my
> advisor for my strong inclination to use free software. [...]
>
> Is anyone here aware of a place where they do computational human
> biomechanics, mechanics, materials or finite elements where I could
> interact with free software?
First question -- it sounds like you are doing very specific research
with very specific tools, software, equations, and things like that.
Are you sure that free software exists that will do what you want?
For example, good luck finding free software that will do your taxes.
> Do you just nod and wave your freedom good bye?
Second question -- you keep using that word "free". Are you really "free"
in this situation? You said you are getting tuition covered and a
stipend. The way employment typically works is that, in return for
salary and/or compensation, you give your full devotion to your employer's
wants and needs instead of your own. Using your employer's software is
not a huge jump.
I don't mean this as a personal attack. That's how it works. I am
"free" to wear a t-shirt that says "F**K THE POLICE" on it, but the
person who pays my salary would prefer if, for 40 hours each week, I
wear a different shirt. I am "free" to ignore his request. He is "free"
to stop paying my salary.
So I'm afraid that's my answer. Suck it up and do what the nice person
who is giving you lots of money wants you to do, they way he/she wants
you to do it.
--hymie! http://lactose.homelinux.net/~hymie hymie@lactose.homelinux.net
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-18 13:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-18 0:28 General advice beyond Org edgar
2018-05-18 1:52 ` Peter Neilson
2018-05-18 7:12 ` S. Champailler
2018-05-18 8:10 ` edgar
2018-05-18 11:44 ` Diego Zamboni
2018-05-18 14:21 ` Aaron Ecay
2018-05-18 22:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-05-18 10:54 ` Yuri Khan
2018-05-18 11:10 ` S. Champailler
2018-05-18 13:50 ` Kevin Buchs
2018-05-18 13:50 ` hymie! [this message]
2018-05-19 7:18 ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-05-18 19:57 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2018-05-19 7:17 ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-05-20 1:24 ` Samuel Wales
2018-05-20 4:56 ` Exporting ODT to Org [was Re: General advice beyond Org] edgar
2018-06-05 19:52 ` General advice beyond Org Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2018-06-06 8:58 ` Marco
2018-06-15 16:24 ` Grant Rettke
[not found] <mailman.79.1527004820.3124.emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
2018-05-23 4:15 ` edgar
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