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Commentary: Linux at Law
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| I have no problem using the electronic filing and access systems that the
| federal and many state courts now require. I have a variety of FOSS PDF
| programs that work well. Although I cannot read the proprietary electronic
| transcripts generated by some court reporters, I get around that annoyance by
| requesting my copies as indexed PDF files.
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| So, you ask, "What about interaction with other lawyers and clients?" No
| problem. Lawyers and judges do not even know that I am using FOSS . I can
| read their files created with proprietary word processors and I can produce
| compatible files for their word processors. Although I have problems with
| some templates, such as manipulating data on numbered pages of
| interrogatories, I have developed simple work-arounds.
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http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1202433585325&Commentary_Linux_at_Law
Recent:
Proprietary software? Counsel objects
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| Dowlen says, "I may be a bit of a pioneer when it comes to Linux in the law
| office, but I'm not the only one. Linux may actually make it into law offices
| through the courts, because more and more courthouses are starting to migrate
| to Linux and open source software based solely on the cost."
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http://www.linux.com/feature/140930
Managing a Practice with Linux
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| In a recent e-mail to me, he indicated that he eschews practice management
| software like Time Matters in favor of other apps for calendaring, to-dos,
| contact management and the like. In the Linux world, from what I have seen so
| far, there appear to be three alternatives:
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| Â Â1. Native Linux apps (e.g. GNUCash for financials)
| Â Â2. Online applications (e.g. Freshbooks for financials)
| Â Â3. Running Windows applications through WINE on Linux (see my post on
| Â Âthat)
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http://lawtech.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/managing-a-practice-with-linux/
Vancouver law firm trades in MS for desktop Linux
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| He didn't have a preference when it came to Linux distributions so he tested
| a number of them. The SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) stood out for
| Giroux. It came with the GNOME desktop, which he regards as faster than most,
| Firefox, which is the company's preferred browser, and the Citrix client
| built-in. Â Â
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http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=44529&cid=11
Related:
Is Ubuntu the Linux OS for Law Firms?
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| The analysts predict that "Ubuntu will make a play to compete for
| enterprise Linux server business against Red Hat, Novell and Oracle."
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http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1179751704065&rss=newswire
Will law firms open up to Open Source?
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| The Firefox web browser is probably the Open Source program most commonly
| used by lawyers. Firefox is a secure, powerful browser that outperforms
| Internet Explorer in many ways.
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| [...]
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| While computers are cheap, Microsoft Office is not," he said. "OpenOffice
| is a fully featured office suite, fully compatible with Microsoft Word and
| Excel. Most important of all, it is free."
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http://wisblawg.blogspot.com/2007/04/will-law-firms-open-up-to-open-source.html
Linux Works for Law Firm Offstage
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| Unlike U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart's view on pornography,
| we don't always know Linux when we see it. That's because it's
| embedded in a myriad of products that accomplish tasks for us,
| without our knowing what is actually doing all that work behind
| the scenes.
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http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1175813556091
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