[K12OSN] OT: Required use of IE by State DOE

[Huck]

Not sure if this will help you or not..

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Internet_Explorer_6_SP1

I realize this particular is maybe Gentoo specific but I know it works 
on Ubuntu and Debian machines, I haven't tried in an LTSP environment.

--Huck



David Hopkins wrote:
> All,
> 
> This is off-topic, but apparently the DOE for Delaware is developing 
> software (paying for the development) which will require the use of IE 
> in order to be used.  When asked why, the response is typically of the 
> form 'because that is what we want'.  Now, this is going to impact the 
> use of K12LTSP (or the adoption of anything that is not MS-centric).  
> So, has anyone come up with a legal requirement that would make 
> requiring the use of a specific browser by a specific vendor on the 
> vendor's hardware illegal?  I don't see how Section 508 can be used to 
> get around this, but perhaps someone on the list knows something.  
> Delaware is a very very very MS-centric approach to IT.  In fact, the 
> Delaware CIO boasts about the close ties of Delaware and MS.  He was 
> formally the Verizon lobbyist to the state.
> 
> We are a small enough state (2 degrees of separation for most people) 
> that if there is something questionable about the proposed approach, it 
> can be changed but only with really good reasons.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Dave Hopkins
> 
> 
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