See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_Law_of_Triviality . Everyone seems to be an expert in the field of UI, although the underlying concepts are not understood. This combined with people reluctant to change create a formidable setup for bitching about things without coming up with a better alternative.
English translation of the relevant part of the web page linked to in the previous post:
In the following months the goal is to educate the children of 75 workplace nurseries in using the German language in a fun and playful way. "Microsoft therefore ordered and paid the development of the software 'Schlaumäuse' and donates the software to the nurseries." says Mr. Schweiger.
There is a story on the WKO (The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber)
http://portal.wko.at/wk/format_detail.wk?AngID=1&StID=366673&DstID=0
, which is closely tied to MS, about the context where this software is used. The initiative which uses this software is sponsored by the WKO with MS as a partner. I suspect that the big advantage the Microsoft technology stack has, compared to other inferior offerings, is the reason that the product is working only with IE and not with any other browser
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See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_Law_of_Triviality . Everyone seems to be an expert in the field of UI, although the underlying concepts are not understood. This combined with people reluctant to change create a formidable setup for bitching about things without coming up with a better alternative.
I'm wondering how much of the X Session Manager functionality is prior art?
There is a story on the WKO (The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber) http://portal.wko.at/wk/format_detail.wk?AngID=1&StID=366673&DstID=0 , which is closely tied to MS, about the context where this software is used. The initiative which uses this software is sponsored by the WKO with MS as a partner. I suspect that the big advantage the Microsoft technology stack has, compared to other inferior offerings, is the reason that the product is working only with IE and not with any other browser