> In my standard Solaris demo desktop (actually it's a > downtothearth HP ze2000e Turion64 notebook), I have > put together a "Jack" > (Japanese/American/Chinese/Korean) system. The trick > is to have OpenOffice.org 2.0.4, StarOffice8, and > StarSuite8 on the same machine. As I believe > everyone here knows, these three are essentially > identical programs but each is running according to > its own "." config file (& thus allowing them to run > under respective locales). Typically, I will have > OOo running in Chinese locale, StarOffice in English, > and StarSuite in Japanese. The three programs can be > resized and running simultaneously on the same > screen. I am very proud of this setup, although, in > actuality, no one has given it a damn (as far as I > can tell anyway--changing operating system is not > something you world expect anyone to take lightly, > even for the geekiest of the geeks). > > However, a few weeks ago, I was helping one of our > local politicians in hosting a delegation from Dalian > (often dubbed to become "the Bangalore of China", & > we are very interested in trying to add Dalian as one > of our sister cities). I happened to bring my > Solaris SX44 notebook with me, so I took this opp to > do an aforementioned-Jack demonstration. The > delegation members seemed to be genuinely impressed. > But interestingly, the big bosses seemed to be more > interested in my background wallpaper, which > happened to a BlackBox picture that I downloaded > from one of Sun?s blog sites. I remember making a > remark that you can run the same operating system on > a cheap notebook as well as this world top-500 > super-computer which can be built and delivered > "yesterday". Their enthusiasm actually resonated an > interest in our own people, something I had never > been able to do previously. > > As a side thought, I know Sun held or sponsored a > significant number of Solaris presentations in China. > Perhaps Sun should make it mandatory to require its > own speakers to similarly show a picture of BlackBox > near the end. This may or may not help Sun, but > from my own experience, it will definitely make the > presentations less boring and sticking better in the > memory.
As I discussed in a separate thread, we were contemplating setting up a (long-term) Solaris demo at Honolulu's Chinese Cultural Center to showcase the multilingual capabilities of Solaris: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=16251&tstart=0 However, the priority has changed. Instead, we will put together the demo system at the Hawaii State Bar Association. This project will officially begin when the newly hired assistant SysAdm reports to work this coming January. The primary emphasis of this project is also switched from demoing the multilingual capability (although this will become an important aspect later as many of us are interested in exploring business ops in China--one trillion USD in cash is, by any measure, a mind-boggling number), to seriously looking at the feasibility of using Solaris desktops as Microsoft Windows replacement for law offices. I know this is crazy but this system will also have SuSE 10.2 in a chainloader in case things don't work out. As a Solaris "specialist" (i.e., with my own "specialized" hardware and my "specialized" needs, I can do a fairly decent job--"I think", but beyond this cozy confine, I will instantly fall off a steep cliff; e.g, I don't even know how to make the "delete" key work in BASH, or do simple tasks as mundane as setting up a dhcp client, etc.) , this extracurricular activity is definitely way above my head. But in the long run, I think Solaris is the best solution. Actually I am more than convinced that this will be the case. Plus, our State Bar's CIO spent his previous life in a Solaris environment (in Japan). Everytime he heard the S-word, I could swear that he would become very sincere and always wanted to kneel down and say Hallelujah. As a matter of training and profession, lawyers have a better tendency ro revolt against the current Windows-monopolized system. It also helps that horrible stories about Windows abound. This can be a very exciting endeaver, & many will benefit if things do work out. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
