Overall very impressive- there are some in the gleaming cueb who go further and tote a bootable ubuntu usb stick round with them (heh!).
Is the Google apps for the neterprise thing actually from google? and what's the info security stance on this? Doesn't all US hosted data have a built in back door to the US spooks? So much for protecting your sources! Notes sounds like it's a legacy issue, wouldn't be surprised if there's something else in thepipeline. a On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Martin Belam <[email protected]> wrote: >> If you are an information architect; who are the information civil >> engineers? ;-) > > They sit next to the information chimney-sweeps - mostly small > children we pluck from librarian school and beat regularly with > thesauri.... > > >> So how many people have *actually* moved off an MS app to an open source >> app. And more to the point, who on earth thought using Notes was a good >> idea!! > > On the first point I think Charles has the right figure. I think we > are meant to have something like the largest networked hub of Macs in > Europe. Pretty much all journalists and newspapers production staff > are on Macs. You can see our rows and rows of Macs in this picture > http://twitpic.com/3e9l2 @jackschofield posted via Twitter > > On the second point, we are supposed to be migrating off it soon. I hope. > > > all the best, > martin > > > > > > 2009/4/25 Rupert Watson <[email protected]>: >> Martin >> If you are an information architect; who are the information civil >> engineers? ;-) >> >> So how many people have *actually* moved off an MS app to an open source >> app. And more to the point, who on earth thought using Notes was a good >> idea!! >> >> Rupert Watson >> www.root6.com >> +44 7787 554801 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Belam >> Sent: 25 April 2009 23:18 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [backstage] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has >> gone OpenOffice] >> >> Those of us at The Guardian who are using Windows machines still have >> MS Office as part of our build, rather than OpenOffice. We also all >> have access though to a Google-Apps-For-Your-Enterprise that goes >> across Guardian News & Media, so regardless of whether you are using >> Mac or Windows it is easy to share documents inside and outside of the >> corporate firewall. >> >> Mail serverwise on WIndows - Notes/Domino. Don't know what the set-up >> is on a Mac, but if you search for Jemima's tweets on the subject, >> you'll know it isn't popular ;-) >> >> all the best, >> Martin Belam >> Information Architect, guardian.co.uk >> >> >> >> >> >> 2009/4/25 Rupert Watson <[email protected]>: >>> I wonder what they are using as their mail server. Kerio, Apple or >>> something else? >>> >>> Rupert Watson >>> www.root6.com >>> +44 7787 554801 >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Dobson >>> Sent: 25 April 2009 22:45 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [backstage] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has >>> gone OpenOffice] >>> >>> impressive stuff. :) >>> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>> Subject: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has gone OpenOffice >>> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:20:15 -0700 (PDT) >>> From: Glyn Wintle <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: Open Rights Group open discussion list >>> <[email protected]> >>> To: Open Rights Group open discussion list >>> <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> http://twitter.com/charlesarthur/status/1603720276 >>> >>> whole of The Guardian has dropped MS Office Mac and gone OpenOffice. >>> That's 1,000+ corporate seats right there. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ORG-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.openrightsgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/org-discuss >>> >>> -- >>> www.tdobson.net >>> ---- >>> If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us >>> still has one object. >>> If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now >>> has two ideas. - George Bernard Shaw >>> - >>> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. 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