The kind of software their clients use will directly determine what software/OS/apps will be in use at a particular firm.Of course law firms have some flexibility in using F/OSS for back-end admin (billing, IT operations, etc.), but in my experience (I used to work in IT for a large international law firm) there are few firms that have ventured far from MSFT.
IMHO, F/OSS adoption will reach law firms via a trickle-down effect from their clients. As open-source adoption among corporations grows, so will it grow in the legal industry.
While this isn't necessarily an answer to the 2nd part of the question, I can tell you that they did have the character come back in a book series. The series "A Time to..." (there are 8 books, all ending in another word - first book is A Time to Be Born) covers the Wesley Crusher character, and he does actually show up with the traveler.
Many comments are covering the hardware and software for a project such as the original question posed, but I'm curious: does anyone use this approach to digitize their general office documentation? How many IT managers out there actually scan in all the invoices, work orders, support requests, purchase orders, etc. into a digital database? Do you think it would even be worthwhile?
While the slashdot bretheren might be able to intelligently pick apart some message headers and the unsub link to see if there is any legitimacy to it, we all know that the average user has nowhere near that level of sophistication. Trying to get your average user to stop and think about where the unsub link is taking them is like trying to convince them that they shouldn't open attachments from e-mail addresses they dont recognize.
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The kind of software their clients use will directly determine what software/OS/apps will be in use at a particular firm.Of course law firms have some flexibility in using F/OSS for back-end admin (billing, IT operations, etc.), but in my experience (I used to work in IT for a large international law firm) there are few firms that have ventured far from MSFT.
IMHO, F/OSS adoption will reach law firms via a trickle-down effect from their clients. As open-source adoption among corporations grows, so will it grow in the legal industry.
While this isn't necessarily an answer to the 2nd part of the question, I can tell you that they did have the character come back in a book series. The series "A Time to..." (there are 8 books, all ending in another word - first book is A Time to Be Born) covers the Wesley Crusher character, and he does actually show up with the traveler.
Many comments are covering the hardware and software for a project such as the original question posed, but I'm curious: does anyone use this approach to digitize their general office documentation? How many IT managers out there actually scan in all the invoices, work orders, support requests, purchase orders, etc. into a digital database? Do you think it would even be worthwhile?
While the slashdot bretheren might be able to intelligently pick apart some message headers and the unsub link to see if there is any legitimacy to it, we all know that the average user has nowhere near that level of sophistication. Trying to get your average user to stop and think about where the unsub link is taking them is like trying to convince them that they shouldn't open attachments from e-mail addresses they dont recognize.