The #1 roadblock to Linux thin client adoption for many people is the broken Macromedia Flash plugin for Linux. It currently crashes all web browsers when it is used on an exported X display (like with LTSP).
Lets hope that Macromedia does actually fix it soon... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Warren Togami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 9:38 PM Subject: Re: Status of Macromedia Flash petition > Warren, > > I've heard from the MOzilla guys that Macromedia is now > well aware of the problem, and they are working on a fix. > No idea when we will actually see it. > > As for the number, yes, it is very high. The biggest > entry was from Hancom.com, the korean company that is > making the office product. They have a contract with > the entire country of So. Korea, and they say they are > putting ltsp in and they estimate 1,000,000 users. > > So, i'll leave the number the way it is. I have checked > on all of the really big numbers, and in a few cases had > to remove the bogus entries. > > Thanks, > > Jim. > > > On 25 May 2002, Warren Togami wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am wondering about the status of the Macromedia Flash petition. Has > > there been any official word from Macromedia, Mozilla/Netscape/AOLTW on > > this issue? This is by far the single largest roadblock to LTSP > > adoption when I try to convince Hawaii schools. =( > > > > Also, 1.2 million users sounds like a high number. Do you plan on doing > > any kind of verification on those numbers? I would be concerned that > > Macromedia wouldn't believe such numbers without further proof. > > > > Thank you for your time, > > Warren Togami > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mid-Pacific Linux Users Group > > http://www.mplug.org
