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Subject: Re: [chairs] need more input for DocMgmt system
Since that's what I use, they'd better ;) On 05/20/2004 12:24 PM, William Z Pope wrote: > Would the plug-in(s) work with Mozilla based browsers, Firefox? > > =bill > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Eduardo Gutentag [mailto:Eduardo.Gutentag@Sun.COM] >>Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 3:04 PM >>To: karl.best@oasis-open.org >>Cc: chairs@lists.oasis-open.org; Jeff Lomas >>Subject: Re: [chairs] need more input for DocMgmt system >> >> >> >>On 05/19/2004 12:36 PM, Karl F. Best wrote: >> >>>Chairs: >>> >>>We've gone through the scheduled alpha test of the doc mgmt system >>>without much result, so anyone who is interested in taking >> >>a look at >> >>>this please let me know. >>> >>>There's a couple of specific questions that we need the answer to >>>before we can proceed much further with development. Just >> >>to review, >> >>>we've tentatively decided on Subversion (SVN) as the platform upon >>>which we will build our doc mgmt system. But there's some >> >>additional >> >>>functionality that we need to build on top. As much of this >>>functionality would reside in the client, we need to decide how to >>>build this. >>> >>>So... specific questions: >>> >>>1. What proportion of the users of the doc mgmt system (TC members, >>>editors, chairs, etc.) will be using non-Windows clients, >> >>and what kind? >> >>>(Mac, Linux, etc.) >>> >>>2. For Windows users, what proportion of users *do not* have the >>>ability/permission to install a plugin client on their computers? >>>(Some company IT policies don't allow this.) >>> >>>Based on the answers to the above, our developing a multi-platform >>>client applet may be the best solution, but this would also >> >>cost more >> >>>resources to do. There's an existing open source plugin >> >>that we could >> >>>start with, but it's Windows only and we don't know if everyone has >>>the option of using it. >> >>No one from Sun would be able to use this, as you know. Apart >>from that, I would say that no matter what individual >>companies' policies are regarding their employees' approved >>desktops, OASIS cannot develop to one particular solution. >>Whatever solution OASIS comes up with MUST work on all >>platforms. In view of this, I would say that the answers to >>your two questions above are irrelevant. >> >> >>>thanks for your input. >>>-Karl >>> >>>================================================================= >>>Karl F. Best >>>Vice President, OASIS >>>office +1 978.667.5115 x206 mobile +1 978.761.1648 >>>karl.best@oasis-open.org http://www.oasis-open.org >>> >> >>-- >>Eduardo Gutentag | e-mail: >>eduardo.gutentag@Sun.COM >>Web Technologies and Standards | Phone: +1 510 550 >>4616 x31442 >>Sun Microsystems Inc. | W3C AC Rep / OASIS BoD >> >> > > -- Eduardo Gutentag | e-mail: eduardo.gutentag@Sun.COM Web Technologies and Standards | Phone: +1 510 550 4616 x31442 Sun Microsystems Inc. | W3C AC Rep / OASIS BoD
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