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Comment Corporate Software (Score 1) 171

I write a web application for corporate environments and browser compatibility is sometimes a bitch. With over half the browsers in corporate networks still using IE6 I am forced to develop code that works on IE6, IE7 , IE8, FF, Safari. I have found that the other major browsers like opera, chrome and konqueror just plain work. IE6 (and to a lesser degree IE7) is holding back the internet and tieing developers hands with insane CSS or javascript hacks. I know everyone loves to slam IE but despite being slow IE8 has good enough standards support that it doesn't need hacks any more to work. The problem with the current browser wars is that their are so many combinations. If it takes QA an hour to test a change once - it will take them an entire day to test it on the top 8 browsers. If we could mandate the client platform FF would be a great choice but whoever these vendors that only support IE6 are need to get off their asses because its giving me a headache every day.

Comment I work for an EMR Company (Score -1, Offtopic) 83

I work for a canadian EMR company. Most EMR software is highly regulated in terms of functionality and security but the UI is up to the designer. We do virtually no marketing and have trouble implementing the software as quickly as new clients come on. Even in areas with no government subsidies the doctors are switching on the advise of their peers. This augment is complete rubbish. Any software that cant keep better records than charts and filing cabinets is shit and could never spread in a free market.

Comment Big Deal (Score 1) 386

So everything remains as normal (ubuntu or debian base + mods). If asked to provide offer only a mail option (having to pay anything will prevent people from caring). All you do is grab the binary install it and write a quick script to grab all installed packages source from the repository.

To recap: Not likely to happen and 30 minutes work if it does. Wow the horror

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