Feeling like a 2nd class citizen

[O. Sinclair]

Larry Hartman wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 November 2007 11:46:13 pm Donn wrote:
>   
>>> My point is that there is no need to run Firefox on wine in Linux.
>>>       
>> Too true -- all you get out the other end is Drunkfox.
>>
>>
>> \d
>>     
>
> Just want to throw this thought out here.....my wife goes to college and many 
> of her courses require web access to Pearson's Course Compass.  Course 
> Compass uses Shockwave.  Shockwave is not available to Linux.  I have 
> contacted both the Shockwave folks and Course Compass folks for increased 
> compatibility.  Sometimes you need a 20-ton dump truck to move a penny.   I 
> don't own such equipment.
>
> However, this Shockwave thingie and Coourse Compass is what is holding me up 
> in moving my wife's laptop to Kubuntu.  The only solution I know of at my 
> immediate disposal is Firefox in WINE with the Shockwave plugin.  If you two 
> folk (or anyone else) know a better solution to this issue I am sure a bunch 
> of us would like to know.
>
>
> Larry
>
>   
Maybe the IEs4linux could help you out there? Not that I recommend but 
if it helps her out of the "win"dows world then why not??

Sinclair