George Gambill wrote:
>Craig,
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>You may be right. We (myself included) may not understand the question I am asking. I think what I am asking (and I need to verify this) has to do with precise print placement of the MICR characters (control of) on the check form. I was told that MS does not provide this. Having thought about the fact (as I understand it) that MS does not allow precise placement, makes me thing that I don't understand what the question really was.
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>I'll get back with a better understanding.
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>Joseph,
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>Right on. CGC, being the largest software firm in the state of Arizona (or so I have read in the Phoenix magazine), with an installed base through out most of the several (50) states and Canada, provides an intriguing opportunity to promote Linux specifically and Open Source in general.
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>The president agrees (with me) that Linux and Open Source are ready for the enterprise arena. Unfortunately, most of the staff members have a background, which includes MS and IBM (no Linux).
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>Comfort zones expand slowly and painfully.
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>Since about 6 months before I found PLUG (maybe 2 years ago), I have been advocating Linux and Open Source to all levels of CGC. They are beginning to listen.
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>Thanks in no small part to PLUG, I have a Linux (Debian based) workstation that runs eCMS via IE6.0. The MS minded developers used features they claim require IE 6.0 (or above). 8-(
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>I don't understand this, and may test it (the requirement for IE 6.0) some day when I find the time.
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>The same Linux workstation runs CGC's CMS (non GUI predecessor to eCMS) via TN5250 emulation.
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>The same Linux workstation runs the whole MS Office Suite (Word, Excel ... etc.) via CrossOver. No flames please. Transition is a process.
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>I was hoping to present a "Linux workstation" to customers at CGC's annual (last month) Customer Focus. Customer Focus brings hundreds of customers to Phoenix (welcome to Phoenix in July, go figure) for training sessions, seminars, brain storming sessions (how to further enhance) ... etc..
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>Unfortunately, those in charge of Customer Focus saw no point to it. Fortunately, CGC's President seems to be wondering why. There is hope.
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>Interestingly enough, one of the reasons for using Java was cross platform. See, there is hope.
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>A pat on the back: When I first found PLUG, I (at CGC) was playing with RedHat 7.x. CGC bought the 6-month support version. RedHat's response was 2 to 4 days. Plugs response was 2 to 3 hours. RedHat refused to help with Samba. PLUG helped with Samba.
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>Ladies and gentleman, without PLUG many of us newbie(s) would not be nearly as far down the Linux/OpenSource path as we are. There is hope.
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>I also hope that some day I will be able to help others as you all have helped me. It's a good thing to do.
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>Thanks
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>--__--__--
>>
>>Message: 7
>>Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:05:34 -0700
>>From: Joseph Toon <plug@geckohost.com>
>>To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>Subject: Re: OpenOffice.Org - Micro Placement .. a possible
>>Inroad to a Mostly
>> MS Organization
>>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>
>>Looking at CGC's site, it appears they have a management system for
>>construction companies called eCMS. The system appears to be
>>java based
>>-- it looks like having it integrate with OOo is a great
>>business move.
>>It provides a lower cost for CGC's customers (no MS Office/Windows
>>licenses) and it gives CGC flexibility of platform choice. I'm really
>>excited to see companies marketing these industry specific
>>tools looking
>>seriously at OOo for integration purposes. As far as the MICR
>>issue, it
>>really does seem as simple as just needing the font and the magnetic
>>toner for check printing.
>>
>>Hopefully George can provide more detail as to the OOo integration
>>effort (or if I am simply making this all up) and perhaps if
>>there are
>>plans as promoting Linux as the OS of choice for their system
>>(this is a
>>linux mailing list afterall .. :)
>>
>>Joe
>>
>>Craig White wrote:
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>>>I am thinking that we don't understand the question that George is
>>>asking.
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I dealt with this a couple of years ago on a Windows enviroment.
The company bought an HP 2100ish or something like that specifically for
check printing. They had the special toner, paper stock, and I set it up.
They used MAS200 as the accounting platform that printed the checks.
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