[Gllug] Perhaps Newham needs a decent Linux consultant?
Bruce Richardson
itsbruce at uklinux.net
Sun Jan 11 20:08:55 UTC 2004
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 07:27:08PM +0000, Adrian wrote:
> > Is it so essential that your calendar be stored in your mail client?
> > There are plenty of open source calendar/todo-list/workgroup solutions
> > that can send e-mail notifications etc.
>
> I don't work in IT. I came into an environment where everybody else used
> Windows and Exchange. Saying to them, please don't use that, use my free
> software alternative for the six weeks I am working with you wasn't an
> option.
What do you expect? You were a short-term guest in their environment.
In that case you work with their tools.
>
> And, as for getting printing to work ... forget about it!
Sorry, no patience for you there. CUPS is very easy to get working with
Windows printing and LPRNG isn't so terrible, either.
--
Bruce
You can fool some of the people all the time, you can fool all of
the people some of the time but you can never fool your mother.
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