OS Wars

I have a problem I need the community's help for. My wife is a seasonal
worker and, out of season she claims Employment Insurance. They now tell
everyone who wants to listen that you can apply online, but don't tell you
that you can't if you use Linux, only windoze and Mac. I find that
unacceptable but can use your help putting together a solid case. My
initial thought was that the whole idea behind using web applications is to
abstract the OS from the application by having web services (browser and
server) do the translation. Adherence to standards should mean that
regardless of what browser I use, the web server shouldn't care. All it
sees is just data.

If anyone out there is Linuxland wants to jump in and help me develop that
argument (or any other one, for that matter), your help is more than welcome.

The OldSeaDog
I want to die in peace and tranquility like my grandfather, not screaming
in terror like the passengers in his car.
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OldCDog@gmail.com wrote:
> I have a problem I need the community's help for. My wife is a seasonal
> worker and, out of season she claims Employment Insurance. They now tell
> everyone who wants to listen that you can apply online, but don't tell you
> that you can't if you use Linux, only windoze and Mac. I find that
> unacceptable but can use your help putting together a solid case. My
> initial thought was that the whole idea behind using web applications is to
> abstract the OS from the application by having web services (browser and
> server) do the translation. Adherence to standards should mean that
> regardless of what browser I use, the web server shouldn't care. All it
> sees is just data.
>
> If anyone out there is Linuxland wants to jump in and help me develop that
> argument (or any other one, for that matter), your help is more than welcome.
>
> The OldSeaDog
> I want to die in peace and tranquility like my grandfather, not screaming
> in terror like the passengers in his car.
> --
I don't know what state you are talking about.
I live in Idaho and recently applied for and got my unemployment
insurance from the state of California. All using Firefox on Linux no
problems. I hope this info will help you.

OldCDog@gmail.com wrote in news:8SDDf.3142$I_5.1818@prv-
forum2.provo.novell.com:

> I have a problem I need the community's help for.

Redirected to the novell.community.chat.linux.other forum, since it is not
a technical question :-)

Uwe

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Jim Millard <jim@jtmillard.com> wrote in news:bYLDf.166$yL4.144@prv-
forum2.provo.novell.com:

> I don't know what state you are talking about.
> I live in Idaho and recently applied for and got my unemployment
> insurance from the state of California. All using Firefox on Linux no
> problems. I hope this info will help you.

Jim,

follow up set to novell.community.chat.linux.other, since it is not a
technical issue with a Novell product.

Uwe

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> OldCDog@gmail.com wrote:
> > I have a problem I need the community's help for. My wife is a seasonal
> > worker and, out of season she claims Employment Insurance. They now tell
> > everyone who wants to listen that you can apply online, but don't tell you
> > that you can't if you use Linux, only windoze and Mac. I find that
> > unacceptable but can use your help putting together a solid case. My
> > initial thought was that the whole idea behind using web applications is to
> > abstract the OS from the application by having web services (browser and
> > server) do the translation. Adherence to standards should mean that
> > regardless of what browser I use, the web server shouldn't care. All it
> > sees is just data.
> >
> > If anyone out there is Linuxland wants to jump in and help me develop that
> > argument (or any other one, for that matter), your help is more than
welcome.
> >
> > The OldSeaDog
> > I want to die in peace and tranquility like my grandfather, not screaming
> > in terror like the passengers in his car.
> > --
> I don't know what state you are talking about.
> I live in Idaho and recently applied for and got my unemployment
> insurance from the state of California. All using Firefox on Linux no
> problems. I hope this info will help you.


I am from Canada. However, I tried to 'fake it' using Firefox and it
worked. Thanks for getting me pointed at a solution.

In the longer term, I still want to get this fixed. There is something
almost "dirty" about pretending I am a windoze user, if you know what I mean...

The OldSeaDog
I want to die in peace and tranquility like my grandfather, not screaming
in terror like the passengers in his car.

OldCDog@gmail.com wrote:
> I am from Canada. However, I tried to 'fake it' using Firefox and it
> worked. Thanks for getting me pointed at a solution.
>
> In the longer term, I still want to get this fixed. There is something
> almost "dirty" about pretending I am a windoze user, if you know what I mean...
>
> The OldSeaDog
> I want to die in peace and tranquility like my grandfather, not screaming
> in terror like the passengers in his car.

this doesn't sound like an OS issue. your browser config might be
munged. i suggest you reinit the config or reinstall firefox. i use
firefox on both platforms and it displays poorly designed pages
(optimized for IE) the same on both to me.


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