You can install IE 6 in Linux. No Problem. It works fine go to . http://
www.tatanka.com.br  It is an experimental project. You want to download
whole IE from microsoft. I am using for webtesting purpose. Send a complaint
to the Ministry of Corporate Affiers. current IE 6 market share is only 6%.
Regards

Ranjith Siji
Walking Ants Technologies
http://www.walkingants.com
http://ranjith.zfs.in


On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Deepak Narayan <[email protected]> wrote:

> There are a lot of practical issues in linux adoption in offices mainly due
> to improper planning. I will try to explain with a concrete example.
>
> A contact of mine runs a CA firm. What they mainly use computers for is
>
> 1. Tally for accounting.
> 2. Uploading forms to the MCA (Ministry of Corporate affairs E-governance
> portal) since he manages company matters mainly.
>
> Now AFAIK Tally doesn't work on linux and they are so dependent on Tally
> (All their clients use Tally) that they can't change.
>
> 2. The digital signature based system at mca site doesn't work on
> Linux.(There are some experimental projects which support the signature
> hardware (Aladin e-Token), but there is no official support yet) In fact
> that doesn't even work on any other browser that MS internet Explorer (That
> too some lower version , I think IE 6). More over this MCA
> http://www.mca.gov.in/ site is a host of all viruses and  malware . This
> person is 100% ready to move to FOSS systems just due to this virus menace
> Infact he was trying to use Wine to use Tally and the IE!! .
>
> This whole system is done and supported by TCS. Also the stability of this
> system is laughable. Every year during the return filing date comes near,
> the system goes down for maintenance without warning since there are a lot
> of people accessing it. Now high availability  in web applications is a
> highly solved problem, but still this system is remotely scalable.
>
> The incompetence of the people who did this system is unbelievable and the
> after effects that it makes -My friend is bound to use windows despite the
> virus menace and instability- is a true example of a technology disaster.
>
> -Deepak
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Shibu Basheer <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> If you are trying to promote Linux desktops in your office, try to get the
>> buy in from management.  Explain some advantages such as:
>>
>> 1. Save licensing fee.  Create a estimate on money saved per year on the
>> OS and Office apps.
>> 2. Security - minimize virus and spyware attacks (create a cost estimate
>> based on productivity loss due to virus etc).
>>
>> Be prepared to accept that linux will not always be the ultimate solution
>> for all desktop needs.  There may be applications that is critical to the
>> business that is not available in Linux yet.  However for most general
>> office needs can be met with linux
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Shibu
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:32 AM, John Joseph <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> 1>
>>> It is easy to propagate Open Source , when user need a business /personal
>>> solution. And when we propose or advice/market , we need to be careful to
>>> raise the product features and its use. We did say what is needed for them ,
>>> nothing more than that
>>>
>>> 2> First try out Open Source in the server side. The ant-opensource guys
>>> wont notice about it . They will always think "It is only for ....." .
>>> Nothing to worry about me
>>>
>>> 3> Purchase dep + user are comfortable with MS$$ . It is really difficult
>>> to enter this area
>>>
>>> Hope it is clear
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Thu, 1/7/10, Siju George <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> > From: Siju George <[email protected]>
>>> > Subject: Re: [ILUG-Cochin.org] It is only for ........
>>> > To: "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL Software" <
>>> [email protected]>
>>> > Cc: "TVM LinuxUsersGroup" <[email protected]>
>>> > Date: Thursday, 1 July, 2010, 9:57 AM
>>> > Hi I just didnt get what you were
>>> > intending to convey through this mail :-(
>>> > Could you please explain?
>>> >
>>> > thanks
>>> >
>>> > --Siju
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:48 AM, John Joseph <[email protected]>
>>> > wrote:
>>> > > Hi All
>>> > > When SQUID was used for internet sharing in All MS
>>> > enviornment  respone was :- It is only in the server side ,
>>> > and It is not doing much other than internet sharing.
>>> > > When using Linux OS for ORACLE erp . Explanation
>>> > Oracle works well with Linux
>>> > > When SAMBA was used for PDC. Explanation was was:-
>>> >  It is only in the server side
>>> > > When Nagious /ZABBIX was used.   Explanation was
>>> > was:-  It is only for monitoring
>>> > > When SNORT  was used. Explanation was :-  It is only
>>> > for IDS
>>> > > When OpenVPN was used. Explanation was :-  It is only
>>> > for VPN
>>> > > When ISPConfig was used. Explanation was :-  It is
>>> > only for Web Site management
>>> > > when Joomla was used. Explanation was :-  It is only
>>> > for Web Site hosting
>>> > > When Asterisk was used . Explanation was :-  It is
>>> > only for Phone system
>>> > > When DOTproject was used. Explanation was :-  It is
>>> > only for Project Management
>>> > > When UltraMonkey was used. Explanation was :-  It is
>>> > only for Load Balancing
>>> > > When heartbeat was used.  Explanation was :-  It is
>>> > only for High Avaliablity
>>> > > When Amanda/BackuPC was used. Explanation was :-  It
>>> > is only  for Backup
>>> > > When Nuxeo was introduced[Not used live so far] :- It
>>> > is only for DM
>>> > >
>>> > > All the above projects when doing, we did not explain
>>> > anything other than what than addressing the requirement,
>>> > and It showed results
>>> > >
>>> > > Finding extremely difficult to push OS at desktop
>>> > level. MS office had made people addicts. They panic and
>>> > break thier head if they do not get the daily dose of MS
>>> > office . Some kind of treatment we are planning , very
>>> > sensitive area.
>>> > >                    thanks
>>> > >                        Joseph John
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
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>>
>>
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>>
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