Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 12, 2003 03:24 AM
I have a customer that can never migrate to Linux. As they are an independent insurance agency that has ALL of the companies that they represent MANDATING that all their agencies use Microsoft Internet Exporer... and nothing else!
The nature of the insurance company app is that it is used in some cases to interface with web applications that are a mixed breed - some using local applications that MUST run on Windows and MS IE (or ftp) to send data and updates via the web or dialup... , AND other companies use just web applications for getting certain business related functions to work for them. The point is that all require 100% functional use of the latest version of MS IE in order to work! Even CodeWeavers does not have WINE working with the latest IE! AND as it seems, there is no other choice that Linux has to offer as an option that will be supported by the Insurance companies.
- This is the case in more than just the insurance business.
Articles like this are fine for a business that does not have to interface with others and so can dicatate their own Linux solutions to only it's own employees... however, this will not work for everyone as the case above points out! AND we will be in real trouble if this crazy<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET thing takes off - I think that the anti-trust folks should take a close look at it BEFORE it becomes too big of a problem.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 12, 2003 03:24 AMAs they are an independent insurance agency that has ALL of the companies that they represent MANDATING that all their agencies use Microsoft Internet Exporer... and nothing else!
The nature of the insurance company app is that it is used in some cases to interface with web applications that are a mixed breed - some using local applications that MUST run on Windows and MS IE (or ftp) to send data and updates via the web or dialup... , AND other companies use just web applications for getting certain business related functions to work for them. The point is that all require 100% functional use of the latest version of MS IE in order to work! Even CodeWeavers does not have WINE working with the latest IE! AND as it seems, there is no other choice that Linux has to offer as an option that will be supported by the Insurance companies.
- This is the case in more than just the insurance business.
Articles like this are fine for a business that does not have to interface with others and so can dicatate their own Linux solutions to only it's own employees... however, this will not work for everyone as the case above points out! AND we will be in real trouble if this crazy<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET thing takes off - I think that the anti-trust folks should take a close look at it BEFORE it becomes too big of a problem.
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