Are you forced to buy windows in order to solve certain tasks on the internet e.g. like certain banktasks and to update garmin gps maps and other

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 04 Aug 2014 07:20:25 -0700 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> On 08/04/2014 06:07 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> > On 1 August 2014 15:38, Sherman Willden <sherman.willden at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I am forced to use Windows 7 while taking a Windows Server  course because
> >> the course requires silverlight. Ughhhh.
> >
> >
> > I think if there is one place where using Windows might be justified,
> > it's studying Windows, to be fair!
> >
> > There used to be Novell Moonlight for some things, but it's
> > long-unmaintained now. Doesn't work in modern Firefox versions, AFAIK.
> >
> That is true, in fact the Silverlight site said for other OSs (read 
> Linux) go to the Moonlight site.   No one, including my vendor can tell 
> me what silverlight is for.  I read somewhere it is for "multi-media". 

I believe Silverlight is M$'s 'flash' replacement, except that, unlike 
Macromedia / Adobe, M$ is not providing players for ALL O/Ss (eg Linux).

> The site that requires it is for reading logs of data from remote 
> microcontrollers and send programming instructions to the vendors 
> database.  And this morning, it seems that is is not required for me to 
> see my bill, as the send me an email that says your bill is ready, then 
> they attach a pdf that has only their name, my account number and an 
> order number they assigned.  When I go to the site, I get a blank screen 
> with a constantly 'connecting to sitename.com'.  Looking at the page 
> sourge, I get a grayed out 1.
> 
> The vendor says the salesman can explain why I need silverlight-yeah 
> right, and no call for 2 weeks.  I don't blame him.
> 
> set soapbox (read bitching) off,
> 
> John
> 
> 

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