[PLUG] M$ Only Government Sites, was Accessing Old Microsoft Files With OO.o-2.1

Larry Brigman larry.brigman at gmail.com
Tue Feb 19 19:15:18 UTC 2008


On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Richard C. Steffens
<rsteff at comcast.net> wrote:
> Rich Shepard wrote:
>  > On Sun, 3 Feb 2008, Jared Ubelhor wrote:
>  >
>  >> Has anyone tried the opening the files with Microsoft Office?
>  >
>  >    Not I. No M$-anything here.
>
>  This year is the year the local multiple listing service, RMLS, is
>  supposed to come out with a site that can be accessed with browsers
>  other than IE. I was hoping to be able to migrate my real estate work to
>  a Linux machine, but it looks like I'll still have to keep IE around to
>  be able to access Multnomah County's GIS information site, SAIL. If you
>  visit http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/dbcs/it/maps/ and look over on the
>  right hand side, and down towards the bottom of the page, you'll find
>  "Sail--Interactive and GIS Search", this link:
>
>  http://gis.co.multnomah.or.us/sail
>
>  Visiting it with Firefox or Konqueror returns this message:
>
>  SAIL requires Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 4.x and above
>
They really give you the feeling that you cannot trust what is on the site.
>From the Disclaimer that is on the WEBSITE link on the sail page:
Multnomah County Web sites provide general information and services.
Information and linked sites have not been reviewed. The completeness,
timeliness and availability of data are not known. Links and
references to other sites are not endorsements. Multnomah County is
not liable for any damages that may result from use of this site.



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