I don't think we're ready to expand the LBS yet. I know from seeing
the Federal Government side that, while many of the issues are the
same, there are some differences, and many differences in perspective
(meeting the rules for acquisition, etc). I see the LBS being a
starting point for a few different demos, aimed at the "business
rules" of the viewers. Maybe in an LGS, we wouldn't do SLUGWidgets,
but would show document management, communications, ability to track
constituent issues, specific service kinds of software like education
software, etc. Built on the connectivity, usability, compatibility,
security, etc, that LBS addresses for businesses.
On a different note, I've downloaded OpenMerchant from OpenSales.org,
a GPL'd e-commerce package, including inventory management, sales
management, etc. All done in Perl. Unforunately for me, I'm not yet
the Perl expert to fully get it running (I can read perl, build small
perl scripts, that's it. I'm willing & trying to learn, but we've got
less than 2 months to get this together). Any Perl experts out there
who want to help me go through it?
jeff smith
Rick Petree wrote:
>
> I think that you have a good point to make about "Linux In Governments."
> However, to me a business is a business is a business. I don't think is
> matters whether it is "Mom" selling home-made jelly or an international
> company making multimillion dollar transaction every day or some government
> in between. They are all going to be looking as the same fundamentals:
> Connectivity, Usability, Compatibility, Security, etc., etc. I admit the
> shape of the model may change the bigger the business gets. A large
> business/organization will have to worry about WAN technologies, remote
> management/access and a so on, but the fundamentals should be about the
> same.
> Maybe a LGS would not be a bad idea or maybe the promo people could expand
> the LBS from the SOHO to include local governments. The ordering of
> SLUGWidgets may not impress the local library to town hall, but I think the
> other issues in our business model could easily be what they are looking
> for.
>
> Rick
> :-)
>
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> Subject: Re: Vendors
>
> Actually, I didn't get to the point of discussing exactly what they
> would be using it for, as I had to get to a class. Two aspects I can
> think of are on the library computers that are publicly available for
> web browsing and basic word processing (although I could see showing
> them how to put the library catalog on a server & make available via
> browser), and library management (and I don't know what all that
> entails YET) in the back office.
>
> This could be a follow-on type effort of GNHLUG, after the LBS a "LGS"
> showing use of Linux in government (local, state), with possibly apps
> for library, emergency management, town offices (ideas on what that
> entails?), town clerk, state functions (bob sparks? maybe fill us in
> on this).
>
> jeff smith
>
> Randy Edwards wrote:
> >
> > > was thinking about Corel, supposedly very newbie oriented. Any
> > > experience out there with it?
> >
> > Corel is aimed straight at the desktop, so it's applicable. I have to
> > wonder though, what is "library use?" If you mean browing the web and
> > office suite work, yes, Corel's just what you're looking for.
> >
> > One "gotcha" would be that the free version of Corel doesn't have
> > WordPerfect or StarOffice included with it (it would mean a separate
> > download/install). If you go with one of Corel's commercial packages, it,
> > of course, includes various strains of WordPerfect and possibly phone
> > support.
> >
> > Corel has IMHO the easiest installation of any GNU/Linux. It's
> > mindlessly simple to get a working desktop on the vast majority of
> > machines. Of course, in the case of something odd hardware-wise, you're
> > back to having to know how to fix things.
> >
> > Corel has had a security glitch or two, but since Corel is
> Debian-based,
> > they're using Debian's packaging scheme. To grab the latest, greatest
> > updates is simply a matter of running either the Debian text-mode
> > dselect/apt-get program, or to use Corel's GUI update manager (which would
> > be Corel's preferred way). A few mouse clicks later you're updated to the
> > latest stuff.
> >
> > --
> > Regards, | Debian GNU/Linux - http://www.debian.org - More software than
> > . | *any* distribution, rock solid reliability, quality control,
> > Randy | seamless upgrades via ftp or CD-ROM, strict filesystem layout,
> > | adherence to standards, and militantly 100% FREE GNU/Linux!
>
