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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Here’s a URL to his message from
this morning discussing initial problems with AjaxWrite and the release of
AjaxSketch<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="http://www.michaelrobertson.com/">http://www.michaelrobertson.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Just a personal note, their offices are a
couple miles from my mother’s home in San Diego and last year I literally
knocked on his door and was able to talk with him for about half an hour. He is
an amazing person with a real vision to put Linux on the desktop in a way
normal humans can understand.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Jim Mann<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Technology Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Greene</span></u1:PlaceName></font></st1:PlaceName><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><u1:PlaceType u2:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></span></u1:PlaceType></u1:place></font></st1:place><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color=navy face="Courier New"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:City u2:st="on"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Xenia</span></u1:City></font></st1:City><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> <st1:State w:st="on"><u1:State u2:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></u1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on"><u1:PostalCode u2:st="on">45385</st1:PostalCode></span></u1:PostalCode></u1:place></font></st1:place><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>(937) 376-2996 x210<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>mailto: jmann@gcpl.lib.oh.us</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
oplintech-bounces@oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces@oplin.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>JKENZIG<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 30, 2006
9:29 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> oplintech@oplin.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [OPLINTECH] MUST SEE!
AjaxWrite and AjaxSketch</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I wanted to pass this exciting information
along to you all about two new web applications which I predict will be
huge benefit for any library that is running Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or higher. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Michael Robertson of MP3.com and LindowsOS,
er Linspire OS, fame is spearheading a project to provide FREE web applications
via the web technology you may of heard of called <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">AJAX</st1:place></st1:City>. You can read about
it and sign up to be notified about new applications at <a
href="http://www.ajaxlaunch.com">http://www.ajaxlaunch.com</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>A few weeks ago they launched a product
called Ajaxwrite. For all intents and purporse it is a FREE browser based
word processor that is compatible with not only Microsoft Word documents but
wordperfect and Openoffice documents as well. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Libraries now have the power to run a word
processor on every workstation they have connected to the internet as long as
it has Mozilla Firefox on it! There should be no excuse for any
institution now not to offer it's customers word processing!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>See <a href="http://www.ajaxwrite.com">http://www.ajaxwrite.com</a>
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Robertson is taking the ajaxlaunch
initiative even further by promising to launch additional applications in this
method. They are about to launch AjaxSketch a web browser based drawing
application!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>See <a href="http://www.ajaxsketch.com">http://www.ajaxsketch.com</a>
and give it a try!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I encourage the technical minded to sign
up at ajaxlaunch.com and keep an eye on what these people are doing, it is
industy changing forward thinking that demands attention!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>The <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">AJAX</st1:place></st1:City>
technology itself is ramping up and many sites are popping up that give you
some exciting functionality. Here is a good blog about some of the new <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">AJAX</st1:place></st1:City> desktop sites out
there that let you create your own workspace:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><br>
<a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=8">http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=8</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Check out the pageflakes.com, netvibes.com
or protopage.com links in the above blog for some very interesting and useful
things you can do with <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">AJAX</st1:place></st1:City>!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-weight:bold'>Jim</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><b><font face=Papyrus><span
style='font-family:Papyrus;font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kenzig</st1:PlaceName></span></font></b>
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<st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><b><font face=Papyrus><span style='font-family:Papyrus;
font-weight:bold'>Network Manager</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName> <br>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><b><font face=Papyrus><span style='font-family:Papyrus;
font-weight:bold'>Cuyahoga</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><b><font
face=Papyrus><span style='font-family:Papyrus;font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
face=Papyrus><span style='font-family:Papyrus;font-weight:bold'> Public Library</span></font></b>
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