A baby-step in the right direction...

[Stu]

Greetings All,
	Part of my job is to make all the various maps we use on our campus,
showing safety exits, locations for emergency equipment, main electric
and water shut-offs, or just to show new people how to get from point A
to point B.
	When I first approached the IT department several years ago, and asked
them for a decent graphics application to make these maps with, they
told me to use "Paint"! I told them I'd prefer to use Inkscape, and they
replied "We don't do 'Free-ware'...", and nothing I could say would
change their minds. Instead, I loaded Debian onto an old laptop and for
the past several years have been using it for all the graphics I need
for maps, powerpoints, etc., which I then convert to .png files for use
on the intranet, or .pdf files to print them out.
	Just this past week, I finally convinced our new IT director to install
the Windows version of Inkscape on my work computer since I've been
using it for the past several years anyway.
	A baby-step in the right direction for them, and I can finally take my
old laptop home!

	Stu