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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Oracle BPM (ALBPM) Resources
Technical Forums:
Oracle Business Process Management Suite
Forum in Simplified Chinese:
http://cn.forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=315
Downloads:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/bpm/index.html
or go to http://edelivery.oracle.com/
Documentations:
Oracle BPM Configuration Matrix
10gR3
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13154_01/bpm/docs65/index.html
Docs for previous version are no longer available on edocs.bea.com for some reason. Well, we can still access them via the links below. But I have no idea how long they are going to last.
6.0
http://edocs.bea.com/albsi/docs60/index.html
5.7
http://edocs.bea.com/albsi/docs57/index.html
5.5
http://edocs.bea.com/albsi/docs55/index.html
Patches:
Where to download Oracle BPM patches now?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Linux omitted by banks
Something weird I found when clicking on Run Optimization Check link.
I found this matrix from the link: FAQ
The system requirements to use NetBank are:
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Internet Explorer 7 |
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Mozilla Firefox 2 |
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Mozilla Firefox 3 |
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Safari 2 |
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Safari 3 |
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I understand that GNU/Linux is not a mainstream OS for ordinary users, market share is close to 1%. As a *NIX fan, I still feel uncomfortable to see Linux being ignored. The fact is that Mozilla Firefox itself is cross platform. As a result, all OS Firefox supports should be supported, right?
In fact, I use Linux + Firefox or Opera (swith to Chrome for Linux later this year) to access Netbank and other web based internet banking services most of the time, 90%+. It is actually a supported platform. The Netbank team should be able to do the compatibility test, resource should not a problem. If not, I would be more than happy to be a tester as if CBA offers me a VIP account or something like that:)
BTW: Of course I am still with some stupid banks who are still with IE + ActiveX combination and Windows only client. It sucks. My workaround is to run a guest Windows instance.
CBA is not the the only bank that omits GNU/Linux. Here I am not criticising CBA. I wish in the future the banks can take Linux into their account when doing compatibility test.
We all know that Linux is quite something, it is going to make a big noise in the OS market soon. Please do not omit it.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Ubuntu at Sydney Airport
I travelled to Shanghai again on March 4, from Sydney. I found the same Free Internet Access machines sponsored by Oputs at Kingsford Smith airport. In fact I discovered this interesting thing last October when I went back to Shanghai to see my family. However, at that time I was in a hurry and I didn't have time play with it.
Operating System: Ubuntu Drapper Drake 6.06 LTS.
Desktop Environment: Gnome
Web Browser: Opera 9
How do I know that?
They did some tricks to limit user controls within a full-screened Opera Web Browser, key combination to switch to other pseudo consoles disabled. For some reason, they forgot to disable the key combination to restart X11 (U know what I am talking about, right?). I can't believe it! Hope they won't see this post:).
BTW:
Dapper Drake was my first Ubuntu version. At that time I was using Fedora Core 5. I have been using Fedora Core (now renamed to Fedora) for the past few years since it's initial release. Later on I decided to move to Debian/Ubuntu because of the APT package management. RPM really sucks.
I am more than happy to see GNU/Linux and open source apps to be used for non-profit or public services. It makes sense to make non-IT people aware that there are choices other than Microsoft Windows, and it's free of charge!
Bon voyage, Ubuntu! Well done, Debian GNU/Linux and the open source community.
About Me
- Terry Wang
- Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Keep Life Simple and Stupid:)