That might be a little technical and maybe out of this discussion boundaries but, why instead of making IE run over wine, you use more than necessary non-free software? (ie. Windows, VMWARE). I bet are already paid, but I use wine for IE related stuff, and it "just works". Besides, I find Linux (or GNU/Linux) literate expression a little problematic, because generally people use Computer Literate, and by default thinking it as Windows computer. To overcome this issue, best thing to do might be to call it as Computer Literate, and list the applications that applicant should know like OpenOffice.org and Firefox, gnuCash and even Linux. Once you know this applications, I doubt Linux Desktop learning curve would be steep for any applicant. This way it might solve the problem for those who would not apply for job since they don't know Linux, as people would see themselves as computer literate. On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 08:43 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi, > > Richard Stallman wrote: > > In reality, we will likely hire someone who is already competent in the > > use of free software - but I agree with Quim that this should not be a > > requirement (obviously (at least to me), *using* free software will be > > part of the job, where possible). > > > > I think the Foundation should absolutely insist on using only free > > software. That way it will lead by example. > > As Jonathan pointed out, our bank has a website which does some rather > evil platform detection, and refuses to run on anything other than IE. > So we are obliged to have a Windows instance installed, or we can not > use this bank's online services. We have made our issue known, and are > investigating changing banks. > > Cheers, > Dave. >
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