Hi, this has been a very interesting thread. May I add some "real world" touch to it:
Imposing a particular browser type on the user population is not just possible: It is being done almost consistently. I work in a multi-speciality hospital with around 700 beds. All our workstations run Microsoft OS and products (although the central database runs on Linux cluster based machines made by IBM). All workstations run a very old version (ca. 3 years old) of Netscape Navigator. I once asked one of the "higher ups" why dont they want to update the Navigator version or perhaps replace it with Mozilla (I tried to forward supporting arguments). The answer was plain and direct: "We decided it to be as it is now, period". Many answers to theoritical questions can be found in the real world. Respectfully, Elpidio On Monday 18 October 2004 01:33, Denny Adelman wrote: > Second, taking a note from classic intranet deployment, it is possible > for IT staff to impose a browser type on the user population, since the > team that develops the intranet also generally works closely with (or > is identical to) the team that maintains user computing environment. > Fantastic way to avoid many app behaviour problems. > > I would have thought that in a service-oriented (opensource) IT > environment, medical software developers who offer training and support > (or their representatives), would equally be able to impose a browser > on a user group in a healthcare setting. Yes? No?
