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Warren-<br>
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Below is an exchange between an angry Macromedia shareholder and a Macromedia
tech support. It appears that Macromedia promises that Flash 6 for Linux
will be available this summer.<br>
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While I am on this subject, please allow me to make a few extra comments.<br>
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On your drive to push the adoption (or at least the consideration thereof)
of LTSP for Hawaii schools, you are doing a very good job. But deep down,
I feel that school adms will come out with other excuses if you solve this
problem. (The next most common excuse will most likely be, which is indeed
quite laughable: do you have a virus protection protocol?) I strongly believe
that eventually we will need to consider a legal solution--i.e., taking the
school boards to the court. As taxpayers, we should have a voice as to how
our tax $$$ is being spent. But I believe you are taking the right first
step in focusing your initial effort on private schools.<br>
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I am thinking about doing the same thing with Texas, oops, Hawaii, Bar Association.
Currently, it has adopted a water-tight Microsoft-only policy (the most outrageous
in the country). Don't get me wrong, Microsoft makes very good products,
but since our state bar has a compulsory due-paying policy (and I believe
we have one of the highest dues among all the states that I am licensed),
I don't think the State Bar should be aiding and abetting an illegal monopoly
at the expense of its members.<br>
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I probably should not have brought the above issue, but my main point is,
we need to have a workable turn-key solution for business Linux desktop users
before we step up our advocacy. George and I have completed a pretty good
first phrase in this regard, and I would welcome more volunteers to help trying
out different desktop packages and documenting our user experience.<br>
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wayne<br>
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Warren Togami wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">The #1 roadblock to Linux thin client adoption for many people is the broken
Macromedia Flash plugin for Linux. It currently crashes all web browsers
when it is used on an exported X display (like with LTSP).
Lets hope that Macromedia does actually fix it soon...
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From: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jam@McQuil.Com"><jam@McQuil.Com></a>
To: "Warren Togami" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:warren@togami.com"><warren@togami.com></a>
Cc: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jam@ltsp.org"><jam@ltsp.org></a>
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: Status of Macromedia Flash petition
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<pre wrap="">Warren,
I've heard from the MOzilla guys that Macromedia is now
well aware of the problem, and they are working on a fix.
No idea when we will actually see it.
As for the number, yes, it is very high. The biggest
entry was from Hancom.com, the korean company that is
making the office product. They have a contract with
the entire country of So. Korea, and they say they are
putting ltsp in and they estimate 1,000,000 users.
So, i'll leave the number the way it is. I have checked
on all of the really big numbers, and in a few cases had
to remove the bogus entries.
Thanks,
Jim.
On 25 May 2002, Warren Togami wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi,
I am wondering about the status of the Macromedia Flash petition. Has
there been any official word from Macromedia, Mozilla/Netscape/AOLTW on
this issue? This is by far the single largest roadblock to LTSP
adoption when I try to convince Hawaii schools. =(
Also, 1.2 million users sounds like a high number. Do you plan on doing
any kind of verification on those numbers? I would be concerned that
Macromedia wouldn't believe such numbers without further proof.
Thank you for your time,
Warren Togami
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:warren@togami.com">warren@togami.com</a>
Mid-Pacific Linux Users Group
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mplug.org">http://www.mplug.org</a>
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