wIndependence Day Essay: And a Child Shall Lead Them —
by Charles Howell (July 18, 2002) —
I own a small English school in Nagasaki, Japan. My wife and I started it about two years ago. At that time, I was the only teacher, and I did all of my business work on my computer running Windows ME.
The first problem that made me consider leaving Windows ...
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Top N Things That Have Been Solved —
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Note: If you've haven't read the first part, you might want to go back to the main article before reading this.
It's easy to forget how far we've come, looking at the list of nitpicks that still exist today. But just take a look at a few of things ...
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MS Office arrives on the Linux desktop (Part 2) —
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One small step for Wine
Before describing my recent experiences with CrossOver Office in greater detail, I'd like to digress briefly to relate my history with its predecessor and junior partner, CrossOver Plugin.
I've been using CrossOver Plugin since last August, before it was publicly released, having been offered an ...
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MS Office arrives on the Linux desktop (Part 3) —
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One giant leap for Linux
Fade to the present. A week ago, I got the opportunity to try out an early beta of CodeWeavers' next-generation Windows-on-Linux product: CrossOver Office.
As its name implies, this one lets you run Microsoft's Office suite on Linux. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access. The real thing. ...
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MS Office arrives on the Linux desktop (Part 4) —
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Why bother?
Why all the excitement about being able to run MS Office on a Linux system? After all, isn't the goal to get away from Microsoft software? Well, yes . . . and . . . no.
Here are some of the reasons why I think this is a ...
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My Linux Desktop Odyssey, continued —
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The two complaints I have about Xandros is that its base install is a little light on applications. Xandros is far more heavy weight in applications than Lycoris, but there are many applications that I would expect that are not installed. However, if your main purpose is to buy a ...
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Extending the Linux desktop with business intelligence —
(March 4, 2004) —
Its all about compliance
Compliance is one area where solutions are not only being adopted to improve processes but are being required by regulations. SOX requires management certification of financial reports and specifies substantial penalties for publicly traded companies who fail to comply. The deadline for compliance is November 2004, ...
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Open Source on the business desktop (Part 2) —
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Part 2: The Story
Background
Server-side, TrustCommerce relies exclusively on open source. It wasn't always that way; there was a time were a small percentage of our server tasks were done with proprietary software. When I signed on with the company, they were in the process of shifting from Informix ...
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