Just found this in my browser travels. Aguide to setting up Debian
Sarge as a small office server that does the following using LDAP for
"single sign-on":
DHCP-server
DNS-server
Fileserver (Samba/NFS)
FTP-server
Webserver
Webmail / Client filters
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Conrad Parker wrote:
> I'd like to expand on Grant's ideas here, and suggest that local open
> source workers could benefit from more communication, perhaps the formation
> of a guild and from considering more seriously the role of certification.
I think this is an excellent
I'd like to expand on Grant's ideas here, and suggest that local open
source workers could benefit from more communication, perhaps the formation
of a guild and from considering more seriously the role of certification.
This is a semi-structured food for thought, a bunch of open questions many
of
> > Thought of something else on the way home, here it is in point form:-
http://www.elance.com/
Same idea, bigger scale
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An idea worthy of development.
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Grant Parnell wrote:
> Thought of something else on the way home, here it is in point form:-
>
> * co-op website with linux 'service' organisations
> * linux workers can login & create a skills/location profile
> (perhaps an ABN with a password
More to the point is making them aware that it is "non-Microsoft". I
think most business users have some idea of the problems that M$ incurs.
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Grant Parnell wrote:
> > (b) How and where do you advertise such a niche service in terms
> that
> > your average Joe can understand
Thought of something else on the way home, here it is in point form:-
* co-op website with linux 'service' organisations
* linux workers can login & create a skills/location profile
(perhaps an ABN with a password?)
* people wanting work done can create a job profile
{ by job I mean a one off pr
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Stephan Borg wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Two opinions that I would like to share with you and get some feedback.
>
> (1) Linux is Free, we all know that and who better to benefit from it
> than Small Businesses.
> Unfortunately, there are a couple of points which work against t
Michael Lake wrote:
> > It's not really an issue anymore.
> Yes it is. It's the 21st century, we have had word processors for yonks
> and there is still no stable open document exchange standard that is widely
> used (SGML could have been it but it aint). I NEED one, we all need one
> but consume
We also need a business to adopt a good operating system, but business is
still blinkered by that other marketing hype.
When Linux account managers start to play golf we might get somewhere.
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Michael Lake wrote:
> > It's not really an issue anymore.
> Yes it is. It's the 21st
Will we ever see Lotus Word Pro for Linux ?
Local computer shop is offering Lotus SmartSuite Millenium as an extra for PC bundles
at $35.
At least it's not Micro$oft
Chris
On Tue, 08 Jan 2002 22:50:17 +1100
"Michael Lake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Christopher Booth wrote:
> > I was under
>> It's not really an issue anymore.
> Yes it is. It's the 21st century, we have had word processors for yonks
> and there is still no stable open document exchange standard that is widely
> used (SGML could have been it but it aint). I NEED one, we all need one
> but consumers are too blinkered
On Tue, 2002-01-08 at 22:38, Michael Lake wrote:
>
> I get lots of M$ Word files for the Royal Society of NSW Journal that
> I edit and typeset. I use SO5.2 but find that some tables don't get
> converted properly and often "smart quotes" will become ^W. I have to
> be particularly careful in
Christopher Booth wrote:
> I was under the impression that most law firms were Word Perfect Stalwarts.
I have a few friends who are Lawers. Yes WP used to have the law field tiedup but a
few offices I know are converting all their old WP files to Word.
Legal Secretaries coming out of tech course
Alan L Tyree wrote:
> I act as a consultant to a large city law firm who (of course) uses
> MS. Since upgrading to SO 5.2 there has been no problem with
> interchange of files. Diagrams and revisions all seem to come and go
> with no problem.
I get lots of M$ Word files for the Royal Society of N
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 20:12, you wrote:
> Does anyone use Corel WP these days?
>
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Christopher Booth wrote:
> > I was under the impression that most law firms were Word Perfect
Yes, I do.
I just went back to it in the last few days.
I have been with StarOffice / KOffice but th
Christopher Booth wrote:
>
> I was under the impression that most law firms were Word Perfect Stalwarts.
They were, but about 5 years ago, they started faltering and changing.
>
> Chris
>
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 00:02:55 +1100 (EST)
> "Howard Lowndes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > It's inter
Does anyone use Corel WP these days?
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Christopher Booth wrote:
> I was under the impression that most law firms were Word Perfect Stalwarts.
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"We are either doing somethin
For database packages: I am told that Clarion works well under linux. It is
certainly user friendly to use, although different enough to Access at first
glance to make it look painful to an Access programmer. It does have the
advantage of being able to produce Mac, win & unix executables for those
SO 6 beta is great from what I've used it for, there is now no SO desktop or EMail
features, but the Microsoft Word compatability is more fine tuned.
I would most definitely recommend it.
I am unaware of any good accounting packages for Linux yet, or DataBase packages as
user friendly (albeit c
Christopher Booth wrote:
>
> I was under the impression that most law firms were Word Perfect Stalwarts.
In my experience they/we mostly use MS Word (Office 97 version mostly).
I use SO at home and swap files with work. I have not tried SO 6 yet but
if what someone else posted is true then it is
>> I have a friend who is a Sydney QC and would like to get his practice off
>> M$, but his main arguement is that all his business associates who deal
>> with him want to transfer material in M$ Office. Yes, I know that SO with
>> do M$ Office, but it is not native.
> Honestly with V6 the diffe
I was under the impression that most law firms were Word Perfect Stalwarts.
Chris
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 00:02:55 +1100 (EST)
"Howard Lowndes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's interesting that you say you are a lawyer and hence I assume that you
> use Linux/SO/etc in your practice.
>
> I have a f
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> My perception of Linux and small business is that it works too damned
> well.
That's the problem with any computing technology - or anything, for that
matter.
If it works too well, it fails to make the consciousness. When it does fall
over, it's a ca
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Stephan Borg wrote:
> (1) Linux is Free, we all know that and who better to benefit from it
> than Small Businesses.
> Unfortunately, there are a couple of points which work against this
> 'marriage made in OpenSourcedem':
> (a) Your average Joe Business Owner most probably ha
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Stephan Borg wrote:
> I think the point I was trying to make in my original post (don't you
> love it) now that I look at it, is:
>
> How can you bring Linux to the attention of Joe 'SME' User?
I don't. They say 'I want to do foo' and I say 'here is box that does foo'.
It
On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 23:51, Raena Lea-Shannon wrote:
[...snipped...]
> Yes but also inexpensively and permanently.
[...snipped...]
> And once it is in they do not have to touch it. They will want it on their
Linux and the apps that run on it are not perfect. Monitoring and
patching will still be
On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 00:02, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>
> I have a friend who is a Sydney QC and would like to get his practice off
> M$, but his main arguement is that all his business associates who deal
> with him want to transfer material in M$ Office. Yes, I know that SO with
> do M$ Office, b
>
> *Innovation makes enemies of all those who prospered under the old
> regime, and only lukewarm support is forthcoming from those who would
> prosper under the new. Their support is indifferent partly from fear and
> partly because they are generally incredulous, never really trusting new
> t
It's interesting that you say you are a lawyer and hence I assume that you
use Linux/SO/etc in your practice.
I have a friend who is a Sydney QC and would like to get his practice off
M$, but his main arguement is that all his business associates who deal
with him want to transfer material in M$
Having picked this thread up on the digest I apolgise for only replying
to the list.
> Subject: RE: [SLUG] Linux & Small Business
> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 21:36:26 +1100
> From: "Stephan Borg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Organization: Osgiliath Pty Ltd
> To: "&#
> How can you bring Linux to the attention of Joe 'SME' User?
Find a problem, solve it.
You have to remember that to an anal-retentive small business manager,
blippity-whizz-bang-digi-bl0rken-splort doesn't matter. You don't need to
bring Linux to their attention - bring stuff that fixes their
ilto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> On Behalf Of Howard Lowndes
> Sent: Sunday, 6 January 2002 9:16 PM
> To: Jeff Waugh
> Cc: 'slug'
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Linux & Small Business
>
>
> I'll agree with that statement. I have a large client who is
> very pro-Linux; so
I'll agree with that statement. I have a large client who is very
pro-Linux; so much so that he went and did the course. He still doesn't
know a great deal about Linux, but he does know about the bottom line, and
that makes him a happy client.
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
> Note: "S
...and in most cases they don't have anyone who knows about Windows
either.
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Stephan Borg wrote:
> It's a lot easier to go to your local computer shop and get
> support for the majority of applications on a Windows box than to go
> look for someone with StarOffice or Pos
My perception of Linux and small business is that it works too damned
well.
If you put a Linux box into an SME, and you have done your bit correctly
then it will just hum along and not bother anyone. That cannot be said
for the dark side. I am always convinced that one problem with M$ servers
i
> > I think this is pretty far from the truth nowadays. Small business
> > people who know bits and pieces about computers and are investigating
> > technology definitely know about Linux. To a lesser extent "Open
> > Source", and to a far lesser extent, "Free Software". It's just been too
> > a
> -Original Message-
> On Behalf Of Jeff Waugh
> Sent: Sunday, 6 January 2002 8:02 PM
>
> > (a) Your average Joe Business Owner most probably has never
> heard of
> > it before and/or doesn't even know Linux/OpenSource exists.
>
> I think this is pretty far from the truth nowadays. Sma
> (a) Your average Joe Business Owner most probably has never heard of it
> before and/or doesn't even know Linux/OpenSource exists.
I think this is pretty far from the truth nowadays. Small business people
who know bits and pieces about computers and are investigating technology
definitely kno
Hello all,
Two opinions that I would like to share with you and get some feedback.
(1) Linux is Free, we all know that and who better to benefit from it
than Small Businesses.
Unfortunately, there are a couple of points which work against this
'marriage made in OpenSourcedem':
(a) Your average
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