[ubuntu-us-mi] Oakland is on the 'buntu site

[t jagoda]

http://www.ubuntu.com/products/casestudies/oakland-university


Woot for the homeland!
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[Jeff Hanson]

Post by t jagoda
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/casestudies/oakland-university
Woot for the homeland!

Very interesting. I wonder what other big engineering or
manufacturing firms in Michigan use a lot of Linux.

[t jagoda]

The company I work for uses mostly Linux for it's server backend. Or they
do now that I'm here, anyway. =P

I cant really get away from Windows though. Three are a lot of vendor sites
that require IE, and Office 2007 also has proprietary lock-ins now.

I would be eternally happy if I could run linux on everything here.



-Trevor

Post by Jeff Hanson

Post by t jagoda
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/casestudies/oakland-university
Woot for the homeland!

Very interesting. I wonder what other big engineering or
manufacturing firms in Michigan use a lot of Linux.
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[Jeff Hanson]

Post by t jagoda
The company I work for uses mostly Linux for it's server backend. Or they
do now that I'm here, anyway. =P
I cant really get away from Windows though. Three are a lot of vendor sites
that require IE, and Office 2007 also has proprietary lock-ins now.

For vendors that require IE just use facsimile instead and let them
know why. If they don't like ridiculously old standards like
facsimile then they should update their web site to use modern web
standards instead of proprietary ones.

[t jagoda]

Well, I may have mis-spoken in that wording. It's *chrysler* who requires
IE.

"Hi. Yes, we sell you parts. Oh, and by the way, we want you to change
your internal standards to suit us. Thanks!" =P

-Trevor

Post by Jeff Hanson

Post by t jagoda
The company I work for uses mostly Linux for it's server backend. Or

they

Post by t jagoda
do now that I'm here, anyway. =P
I cant really get away from Windows though. Three are a lot of vendor

sites

Post by t jagoda
that require IE, and Office 2007 also has proprietary lock-ins now.

For vendors that require IE just use facsimile instead and let them
know why. If they don't like ridiculously old standards like
facsimile then they should update their web site to use modern web
standards instead of proprietary ones.
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[Jay R. Wren]

What are the office 2007 proprietary lock-ins?

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j

Post by t jagoda
The company I work for uses mostly Linux for it's server backend. Or
they do now that I'm here, anyway. =P
I cant really get away from Windows though. Three are a lot of vendor
sites that require IE, and Office 2007 also has proprietary lock-ins now.
I would be eternally happy if I could run linux on everything here.
-Trevor
On Jan 23, 2008 11:41 AM, Jeff Hanson <jhansonxi at gmail.com
On Jan 23, 2008 8:49 AM, t jagoda < spam.goes.here48048 at gmail.com

Post by t jagoda
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/casestudies/oakland-university
Woot for the homeland!

Very interesting. I wonder what other big engineering or
manufacturing firms in Michigan use a lot of Linux.
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[t jagoda]

Stuff dependant upon things like Visual Basic macros to function properly.

Post by Jay R. Wren
What are the office 2007 proprietary lock-ins?
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j

Post by t jagoda
The company I work for uses mostly Linux for it's server backend. Or
they do now that I'm here, anyway. =P
I cant really get away from Windows though. Three are a lot of vendor
sites that require IE, and Office 2007 also has proprietary lock-ins

now.

Post by t jagoda
I would be eternally happy if I could run linux on everything here.
-Trevor
On Jan 23, 2008 11:41 AM, Jeff Hanson <jhansonxi at gmail.com
On Jan 23, 2008 8:49 AM, t jagoda < spam.goes.here48048 at gmail.com

Post by t jagoda
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/casestudies/oakland-university
Woot for the homeland!

Very interesting. I wonder what other big engineering or
manufacturing firms in Michigan use a lot of Linux.
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[Josh]

i use IE4Linux if I run into a non fire-fox friendly site, they're
working on IE 7, but you can get 6 up and running nicely under wine.
nothing to say on office, though, except that it's a rip off.

Post by t jagoda
The company I work for uses mostly Linux for it's server backend. Or
they do now that I'm here, anyway. =P
I cant really get away from Windows though. Three are a lot of vendor
sites that require IE, and Office 2007 also has proprietary lock-ins
now.
I would be eternally happy if I could run linux on everything here.
-Trevor
On Jan 23, 2008 8:49 AM, t jagoda
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/casestudies/oakland-university

Post by t jagoda
Woot for the homeland!

Very interesting. I wonder what other big engineering or
manufacturing firms in Michigan use a lot of Linux.
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