Open Source and tech comm: another view

29 Dec

Posted by Scott as Open Source, software, technical communication, tools

Although we’ve already covered this topic, it’s nice to see that the idea of using Open Source software for documentation is gaining a bit more traction in the tech comm world. This time ’round, it’s a session at the 2009 WritersUA conference. Well, at least part of the session. It’s not one that Aaron and/or I are giving …

In case you’re wondering, the session is titled “Exploring Open Source and Alternative Tools”. You can read more about it here. On the Open Source side, the session will explore OpenOffice.org, LyX, Scribus, Inkscape, and The GIMP.

The session looks interesting. I’ll have to check out the slide deck and the conference reports in the blogosphere when both are available.