From lyx-users  Fri Feb 06 09:27:56 2009
From: Graham Smith <graham.smith () myotis ! co ! uk>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:27:56 +0000
To: lyx-users
Subject: Re: Strategies for Writing Co-operation with Non-LyX Users?
Message-Id: <498C029C.2050008 () myotis ! co ! uk>
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AB
>>> I might have missed something here (I'm sorry in that case) but are
>>> you suggesting a LyX-light version for people that does not want to
>>> use anything but word
>>>       
>> Paradoxically yes.
>>     
>
> I'd say: create converters that are shipped with LyX instead!
>
> If I may generalize a little....
> The word users are of two kinds: the largest part is the one that will
> never use anything but word no matte what you do. People is still
> educated to learn "Word" not writing and structuring documents. It is
> unfortunatly a waste of developer time to produce a LyX light version
> for these people, I'm affraid.
>   
I agree with this,  I can't see any Word User installing a Lyx-Lite as a 
way of collaborating. And if I could,  they would be the ones that I 
would also be able to persuade to install Lyx. There may be other 
reasons for a Lyx-Lite but this isn't one.

For collaboration we need a high quality converter (which I doubt is 
possible, given how badly Microsoft, Open Office, Pages etc do with 
converters) or a PDF based solution where we can enable the 
collaboration features of Acrobat  Reader.

Graham