Now this is something I want to happen where I work: http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci968183,00.html
An excerpt from the article: <quote>Despite being a kind of beta site for Open PC, the library's transition was surprisingly smooth. "There were a few bugs they were working through, but for the most part it went fairly well," McNair said. "The public went from Windows to Linux and surprisingly, there weren't very many problems with that." Library patrons were able to adapt to using OpenOffice, instead of Microsoft Office, very quickly. McNair said, "They sort of miss the templates" Microsoft Office provides for resumes and other documents. However, library staff has been able to create new templates for their patrons and save them in OpenOffice. </quote> Isn't that great?! People there have actually been able to transition =) Wow! I was amazed when I read this. This is good news for me. I have something to show my boss. ;) Another excerpt: <quote> McNair advised that other organizations looking to migrate to Linux and/or thin clients should be sure to plan ahead with care to avoid surprises. "I thought I had spelled out exactly what we neededâ some things had to be tacked on," he said. </quote> Not so new news (it was published last year) but this is something that raises my hopes up regarding using Linux here in the library. =) Now I have to show this to the IT department... And hopefully, we'd talk things out soon <grin> -- Clair Ching librarian, bookworm, information gatherer, anime fan, linux newbie http://clair.free.net.ph - blog about linux, emacs planner, tech and culture http://clair.pinoyweb.net - daily journal, stories, miscellany -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.q-linux.com (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
