+1 On Oct 4, 2013 1:52 PM, "sanga collins" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 4:54 AM, Benjamin Tayehanpour < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I say that if you work in a large corporation >> which forces you to use, say Internet Explorer 6, simply because the >> IT department isn't doing their job, or because the people in suits >> don't think it's time to upgrade their >> ten-years-old-and-crappy-even-back-then Intraweb interface >> > > > But its not the IT dept not doing their job, or the corporate suits > refusing to upgrade. No matter how bad IE (any version) is. There are > situations where that is the best option. The US govt medicare/medicaid > portal is a dos terminal that runs in a browser using an activeX ctrl. MY > IT dept and corp suits would love for the govt to upgrade, but alas our > govt can not even manage to stay open. > > In the meanwhile we 'willingly' use what is available to do our jobs. FOSS > evangelism be damned since at the end of the day we have to get money in > our pockets what ever way you can. > > I guess my problem is you seem to equate a users level of sophistication > or dare I say their intelligence, with the web browser they have to use. IE > users are not unfortunate, unlucky or condemned to eternal damnation in > browser hell. Are gasoline automobile users less fortunate than hybrid > automobile users? Surely you have driven a gasoline powered auto and > enjoyed it knowing full well what it is collectively doing to our planet? > > Promote your browser of choice, encourage others to migrate, show everyone > the pros and cons. But as soon as it becomes more than just the browser, we > all lose. Open source anything will always take a back seat to closed > source as long as our attitude to the people we want to bring into the fold > is soooo negative and holier than though. > > In conclusion: Luke 23:34 > > *This message was sent using Internet Explorer 11 for ubuntu* > > > -- > Sanga M. Collins > Network Engineering > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 > E- fax: (435) 578 7411 > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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