[SLL] Having things Just Work--Law office environment

[Erik Ryberg]

Glenn Stone wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:26:33AM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
>> Linux will only become a better choice for workstations when things Just
>> Work(tm) without hassle over codecs, drivers, and general
>> interroperability.  Linux is better today in most respects than Windows,
>> but it has a long way to go to catch up with Apple for desktop applications
>> for most users.
> 

I got a new secretary at my law office about 6 months ago.  As an 
experiment I put her on Ubuntu.  She was a Mac user and immediately 
recognized she was on another system, but she assumed it was Windows!

She navigated it fine, using Open Office and Firefox.  I don't recall 
her ever asking for assistance with it.

Three weeks ago I made the switch myself (after watching it work so 
smoothly for her) and other than trouble with the Sunbird Calendar, 
linux is working well for me in the office environment.  I've got my 
scanner and printer networked, nightly off-site secure backups, Open 
Office works well with various legal forms . . . . everything is just 
working.

I have never seen another law office using linux exclusively, but I 
think it will start to happen more and more.

-- 
Erik B. Ryberg	
Attorney at Law
445 West Simpson Street
Tucson, AZ 85701
phone: (520) 622-3333
fax: (520) 792-6677