Lawyer vs. Linux
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| Author | Content |
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| Cypress Aug 09, 2008 10:14 PM EDT |
My Father is a lawyer. He switched from Windows to VectorLinux, then to Ubuntu and now he's using PCLinuxOS. He had less problems with Linux than with Windows and he's been using it for 5 years now. |
| nikkels Aug 10, 2008 12:13 AM EDT |
what about your father emailing this " other " lawyer ? Any chance of that ? |
| tracyanne Aug 10, 2008 1:02 AM EDT |
There are several other Lawyers who use Linux, One name that comes to mind is Christian Einfeldt, perhaps he could be prevailed upon to write something. |
| hkwint Aug 10, 2008 6:06 AM EDT |
LXer featured some Italian lawyer firm who switched to Linux a while ago. Maybe I can find it... |
| xutre Aug 11, 2008 1:46 AM EDT |
I remember a while ago about a large legal firm in New Zealand being asked by the state [sic] services commission to provide a report on the use of open source software and Linux in the public service. It too, contained much false information, prompting a response by NZ's own FOSS society to the commission. http://osdir.com/ml/user-groups.linux.hawkes-bay/2006-03/msg... and here http://craighumphrey.blogspot.com/2006/03/chapman-tripp-make... and here http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060301213210833 and now proof that the report's negative spin was short lived, here http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060313054547209 and here http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2007/ministry-justice-open-source-d... I do not come across lawyers that often, but from personal experience and from those that I do, I would say that they can at times, demonstrate a very limited (and perhaps only cursory) understanding of reality and logic. As an example, I tout the security issues surrounding the MS word format. Even now years later (and despite my continually mentioning these insecurities), most lawyers I come into contact with continue to use this format for online document transfer. Actually, sometimes I just plain gobsmacked. |
| jdixon Aug 11, 2008 9:04 AM EDT |
Here's one point in the article I found interesting; > Virus protection is readily available at no charge to Windows users, e.g., Avast. Well, yes. For personal use. If you're recommending that a lawyer's office use it, I suggest you might want to look at that license more carefully. :) |
| tuxchick Aug 11, 2008 9:53 AM EDT |
But jdixon, facts only get in the way of a good hate :) |
| jdixon Aug 11, 2008 11:01 AM EDT |
> ...facts only get in the way of a good hate... Pesky little things, aren't they. :) |
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