[KLUG Members] Linux in local government???

Doc Rea members@kalamazoolinux.org
08 Nov 2002 07:39:41 -0500


Because those little old ladies who run the polls will bust your
kneecaps if you don't follow the rules ;}

On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 00:41, Taz wrote:
> Bruce,
> 
> Why don't you go back ans ask?
> 
> Bruce
> 
> Bruce Smith wrote:
> 
> > While waiting in line to vote yesterday, I noticed something surprising
> > in an empty government office.  A computer without a screen saver, which
> > _appeared_ to me to be running Linux w/Ximian Gnome!!!
> >
> > The distance was too great to make out any words or icons, and the chair
> > back obscured the lower left hand corner of the screen, so I couldn't
> > make out what was on the "start button".  It had two menu bars, on the
> > top and on the bottom, a medium blue background, and no wallpaper.  I
> > can't be 100% sure, but it appeared very "Ximian like".
> >
> > This is at a VERY rural township office, and I don't know who's office
> > this was.  It had a name on the door, which I don't remember, but no
> > title that I could see.
> >
> > Does anyone know of Linux in local government offices like this???
> > Or does Ximain look so much like XP, that I'm mistaken???
> >
> > --------------------------------------------
> > Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
> > System Administrator / Network Administrator
> > Armstrong International, Inc.
> > Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
> > http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
> > --------------------------------------------
> >
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