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Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 5:40 AM
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: IE in FreeBSD?
On Wednesday 21 September 2005 19:00, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
On Tuesday 20 September
On Wednesday 21 September 2005 19:00, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
On Tuesday 20 September 2005 14:52, Ashley Moran wrote:
RW wrote:
Because it's common for companies and recruitment agencies to
specify MS Word
documents only. It's a de facto standard.
I have never gotten grief
: IE in FreeBSD?
On Wednesday 21 September 2005 19:00, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net
LLC wrote:
On Tuesday 20 September 2005 14:52, Ashley Moran wrote:
RW wrote:
Because it's common for companies and recruitment agencies to
specify MS Word documents only. It's a de facto standard
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From: Frank Jahnke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 10:33 AM
To: Ted Mittelstaedt
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: RE: IE in FreeBSD?
One example: how do you suggest that complex forms in PDF format
On Tuesday 20 September 2005 15:50, Dimitar Vasilev wrote:
If you use openoffice and then export to PDF it ok.
If you're able to write your resume in PostScript and then convert it
to PDF that would be perfect solution.
Regards,
You are missing the point. I'm not asking for advice about how
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Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 7:25 AM
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On Tuesday 20 September 2005 14:52, Ashley Moran wrote:
RW wrote:
For example, if you
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Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 12:12 PM
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Subject: Re: IE in FreeBSD?
Sorry, that was a bit harsh to Frank. I was talking primarily of
Ted since he
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Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 11:47 AM
To: Ted Mittelstaedt
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mario Hoerich;
freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: RE: IE in FreeBSD?
Uh, Ted? It really is customary
On Tuesday 20 September 2005 14:52, Ashley Moran wrote:
Why not submit your CV as a PDF?
Because it's common for companies and recruitment agencies to
specify MS Word
documents only. It's a de facto standard.
I have never gotten grief when I tell the recruiter that I do not
On Thursday 15 September 2005 02:28, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
As a result the existence of these programs discourages interest in native
FreeBSD programs, and encourages people not to wholeheartedly switch
over to FreeBSD.
That would be true if you could download any windows software, run the
RW wrote:
However bad wine is for day to day use, and however good the native
alternatives get, there remain occasions when it is essential to use an
industry-standard Microsoft application. For example, if you are applying for
a job, you have to check that your cv/resume views correctly on a
On Tuesday 20 September 2005 14:52, Ashley Moran wrote:
RW wrote:
For example, if you are applying
for a job, you have to check that your cv/resume views correctly on a
real microsoft word.
Why not submit your CV as a PDF?
Because it's common for companies and recruitment agencies to
If you use openoffice and then export to PDF it ok.
If you're able to write your resume in PostScript and then convert it
to PDF that would be perfect solution.
Regards,
--
Димитър Василев
Dimitar Vassilev
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hi!
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:24:38 +0100
RW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Because it's common for companies and recruitment agencies to specify
MS Word documents only. It's a de facto standard.
this may be a bit offtopic :) ...
but i think we agree that this situation is not good.
is there any
The standarts we are speaking are per company basis - e.g. West
European governments are slightly shifting to Linux as a desktop,
while others strictly mention what formats of resumes they accept on
their recruitment sites.
In most cases of big companies I have seen, they say that prefer
HTML or
On Tuesday 20 September 2005 11:19 am, jonas wrote:
hi!
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:24:38 +0100
RW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Because it's common for companies and recruitment agencies to specify
MS Word documents only. It's a de facto standard.
this may be a bit offtopic :) ...
but i think
jonas wrote:
hi!
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:24:38 +0100
RW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Because it's common for companies and recruitment agencies to specify
MS Word documents only. It's a de facto standard.
this may be a bit offtopic :) ...
but i think we agree that this situation is not
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From: Mario Hoerich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 10:07 AM
To: Ted Mittelstaedt
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freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: IE in FreeBSD?
# Ted Mittelstaedt:
# On Behalf Of Frank Jahnke
filled
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 10:58 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
And as for basic apps like wordprocessors and such - well I have to
remind
you that you yourself already argued in a previous post that this entire
scenario of yours that your talking about here specifically dealt with
apps that are
On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Garrett Cooper wrote:
Frank Jahnke wrote:
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 10:58 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
And as for basic apps like wordprocessors and such - well I have to
remind
you that you yourself already argued in a previous post that this entire
scenario of yours
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Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:44 PM
To: Ted Mittelstaedt
Cc: Garrett Cooper; FreeBSD Questions
Subject: RE: IE in FreeBSD?
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
My opinion on WINE
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Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 9:58 AM
To: Ted Mittelstaedt
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Subject: RE: IE in FreeBSD?
An alternative always exists.
It depends on how
# Ted Mittelstaedt:
# On Behalf Of Frank Jahnke
filled out and saved on a FreeBSD system?
PDF doesn't belong in complex forms that are filled out online. I use
PDF at my job and we use it for one use only - contracts. A contract
must be in paper with a human's signature on it to have
One example: how do you suggest that complex forms in PDF format are
filled out and saved on a FreeBSD system?
PDF doesn't belong in complex forms that are filled out online.
I didn't say these were filled on on line -- that can be done just fine
with OSS or the free Adobe Reader
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 22:12 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
My opinion on WINE is that it merely harms people who are writing
software
for FreeBSD.
I often hear this said, but I don't think it is true.
I saw this kill OS/2. I ran OS/2 exclusively as a desktop OS for a
number of
Yuan Jue wrote:
Does anybody successfully run Internet Explorer under Wine in
FreeBSD? What should I do to get it run? Any suggestion will be
appreciated.
I recommend qemu emulator too. It's easy to install, you get
native platform and it's not that slow (even usable on a 366MHz
notebook).
My opinion on WINE is that it merely harms people who are writing
software
for FreeBSD. If I write a wordprocessor for Linux or FreeBSD and try
to
sell it, why would a customer buy it when he can just use his
Microsoft
Word under Wine?
As a result the existence of these programs
On Sep 15, 2005, at 7:23 AM, Frank Jahnke wrote:
My opinion on WINE is that it merely harms people who are writing
software
for FreeBSD. If I write a wordprocessor for Linux or FreeBSD and
try to
sell it, why would a customer buy it when he can just use his
Microsoft
Word under Wine?
Sorry I can't continue this as a thread -- I get this as a digest and
unless I'm copied, I can't.
My opinion on WINE is that it merely harms people who are writing
software
for FreeBSD. If I write a wordprocessor for Linux or FreeBSD and
try to
sell it, why would a customer buy it when he
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 11:21 pm, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
Let's quit beating around the bush, shall we? The only vendor that
custom tailors their content to IE and who will not correct gross
HTML coding errors on their website and in their products is Microsoft.
Everybody else, if
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Garrett Cooper
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:40 PM
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Subject: Re: IE in FreeBSD?
On Sep 14, 2005, at 2:35 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
I run it in a window under the remote desktop port. Of course you
need a
real
windows box somewhere
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From: Frank Jahnke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 7:23 AM
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Subject: RE: IE in FreeBSD?
My opinion on WINE is that it merely harms people who are writing
software
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 23:46, Matt Kosht wrote:
Does anybody successfully run Internet Explorer under Wine in FreeBSD?
What should I do to get it run? Any suggestion will be appreciated.
I would suggest instead of Wine using an RDP client (rdesktop in ports
for example) and run IE
Yuan Jue wrote:
Hello, all
Does anybody successfully run Internet Explorer under Wine in FreeBSD? What
should I do to get it run? Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Thanks.
I don't know if you've already seen this, but the WINE Application DB
may have info on how others got it to run:
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 11:55:25PM +0800, Yuan Jue wrote:
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 23:46, Matt Kosht wrote:
Does anybody successfully run Internet Explorer under Wine in FreeBSD?
What should I do to get it run? Any suggestion will be appreciated.
I would suggest instead of Wine
I run it in a window under the remote desktop port. Of course you need a
real
windows box somewhere...
Ted
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:30 AM
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: IE in
On Sep 14, 2005, at 2:35 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
I run it in a window under the remote desktop port. Of course you
need a
real
windows box somewhere...
Ted
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Subject: Re: IE in FreeBSD?
On Sep 14, 2005, at 2:35 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
I run it in a window under the remote desktop port. Of course you
need a
real
windows box
Roland Smith wrote:
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 11:55:25PM +0800, Yuan Jue wrote:
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 23:46, Matt Kosht wrote:
Does anybody successfully run Internet Explorer under Wine in FreeBSD?
What should I do to get it run? Any suggestion will be appreciated.
I would suggest
On Sep 14, 2005, at 7:01 PM, Eric Schuele wrote:
Roland Smith wrote:
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 11:55:25PM +0800, Yuan Jue wrote:
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 23:46, Matt Kosht wrote:
Does anybody successfully run Internet Explorer under Wine in
FreeBSD?
What should I do to get it run?
At 19:22 14/9/2005 -0700, Garret Cooper wrote:
On Sep 14, 2005, at 7:01 PM, Eric Schuele wrote:
Roland Smith wrote:
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 11:55:25PM +0800, Yuan Jue wrote:
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 23:46, Matt Kosht wrote:
Does anybody successfully run Internet Explorer under
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roger Merritt
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:09 PM
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: IE in FreeBSD?
At 19:22 14/9/2005 -0700, Garret Cooper wrote:
You don't mention *why* you need IE
There is also a petition circulating to encourage CodeWeavers to port
their CrossOver Office product to BSD. It should be able to run IE.
Not tomorrow, mind you, but soon (if the petition and its follow-on
efforts succeed, and I think it will). Please sign if this might help
you.
The petition
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