Any ACFers from Indiana?

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Gordon Darling

http://www.simindiana.com/default.asp

"Welcome to SimIndianaTM

SimIndiana is a suite of powerful Internet-enabled productivity and
communications tools available to all Indiana state residents.

With SimIndiana you have the ability to create, store, and share files,
calendars, contacts, and notes. You can access and share your information
with friends, teachers, parents, and colleagues using any Internet
computer. SimIndiana includes a word processor, e-mail, contact manager,
spreadsheet, personal information manager, and file manager. Although in
some ways using SimIndiana is similar to other industry standard desktop
productivity software, there is much, much more.

With SimIndiana, the State of Indiana is providing services to all
residents, breaking down technology barriers and leveling the playing
field for all.

SimIndiana is easy to get. Try it today!"

Regards
Gordon
 
Gordon Darling wrote in
http://www.simindiana.com/default.asp

"Welcome to SimIndianaTM

SimIndiana is a suite of powerful Internet-enabled productivity
and communications tools available to all Indiana state residents.

With SimIndiana you have the ability to create, store, and share
files, calendars, contacts, and notes. You can access and share
your information with friends, teachers, parents, and colleagues
using any Internet computer. SimIndiana includes a word processor,
e-mail, contact manager, spreadsheet, personal information
manager, and file manager. Although in some ways using SimIndiana
is similar to other industry standard desktop productivity
software, there is much, much more.

With SimIndiana, the State of Indiana is providing services to all
residents, breaking down technology barriers and leveling the
playing field for all.

SimIndiana is easy to get. Try it today!"

Regards
Gordon
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Well, I live here, but I'm not Hoosier <BG> Thanks for the heads up!
Will take a look over the weekend.
 
http://www.simindiana.com/default.asp
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More info (it's a 17.9Mb d/l)

Star Office/OOorg clone or what?

"You can use all of the features of SimWord® and SimCalc® without having
to log in to SimIndiana. SimIndiana's e-mail, personal information
manager, file explorer, remote printing, backup, and grouping and sharing
applications currently require login on the SimIndiana server."

SimWord® - Word Processor
SimWord is a full-featured word processor compatible with other
industry-standard word processing software.

SimCalc® - Spreadsheet
SimCalc is a robust spreadsheet program compatible with other
industry-standard spreadsheet programs.

SimPIM® - Calendar and Personal Information Manager SimPIM is a personal
information manager that you can use to manage your schedule,
appointments, and create notes.

SimExplorer® - File Management
SimExplorer is an all-purpose file and directory manager designed to
provide an easy way to hierarchically organize and manage files, folders,
and disk drives. SimExplorer is also the window to your virtual drive on
the SimIndiana server.

SimGroups® - Information Sharing
SimGroups is SimIndiana's easy-to-use, convenient way to manage groups of
users. You can share information and files with members of groups you
create.

SimMail® - E-Mail
SimMail is a complete e-mail program that looks and feels like other
leading e-mail programs.

SimPrinter® - Printer Manangement
With SimPrinter, you can print from any computer to any printer connected
to the Internet.

regards
Gordon
 
As people may not understand the header :

SimIndiana is a suite of powerful Internet-enabled productivity and
communications tools available to all Indiana state residents.
 
Gordon Darling wrote in


Thanks again. Grabbed the suite and read the site. I may put it on one
of the 'less encumbered' test machines and give it a spin.
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I've downloaded the exe file but I don't have a Windows m/c available at
the moment to try it on. I'd be interested in your opinion/assessment of
it. Is it Star Office or what?

Regards
Gordon
 
http://www.simindiana.com/default.asp

"Welcome to SimIndianaTM

SimIndiana is a suite of powerful Internet-enabled productivity and
communications tools available to all Indiana state residents.
Click to expand...

I'm a Hoosier, and was intrigued by this when I read about it in the
Indianapolis STAR. The local libraries were *supposed* to have CDs
with the software available, but of course when I checked Friday they
didn't seem to know anything about it. So I downloaded the install.

(BTW, SimDesk is making this available in other places as well. There
is a SimOhio, and SimHouston - anyone interested might try a
www.sim(yourstate or city).com to see if it's available in your
location.)

I don't know what the suite is based on. My overall impression is
that, as the saying goes, it's better than a poke in the eye with a
sharp stick. Nothing stands out as being particularly remarkable --
all the apps seem pretty run of the mill to me. The word processor
will certainly produce documents more complex than a text editor, but
is nowhere near Word, WordPerfect or OpenOffice in capabilities. The
PIM seems pretty basic, as does the e-mail client. Some of the apps
are ones I'll almost surely never use -- SimMessenger, SimPrinter,
SimGroups. But if someone doesn't have a suite of apps like this and
is looking for one that's both relatively compact and free, it's not a
bad deal.

Other than using the e-mail client for an ad-free alternative e-mail
address is the Sim Explorer app, which gives you a virtual drive on
the Sim server. When I had a broadband connection I used XDrive for
offline storage, and with broadband it was like having a physical
rather than virtual drive. I like a virtual drive for off-site
storage. In the event of something really catastrophic happening, like
(God forbid) my house burning down, the CD backups of Important Stuff
stored in a file cabinet next to my computer aren't going to be much
help. The Sim virtual drive is intended to be used for files created
with their suite (since one of their big "claims to fame" here is that
docs can be accessed from anywhere), but I'm tempted to "stretch" that
and see how far they'll let me take it. Since I'm back to dial-up now,
the usefulness of a virtual drive is somewhat limited, but I can see
using it to store comparatively small WP docs created in Word or
OpenOffice.

It will be interesting to see what happens after the 2 year
"guaranteed" free period is over.

David Burton
(remove "nospam" from e-mail address)
 
I'm a Hoosier, and was intrigued by this when I read about it in the
Indianapolis STAR. The local libraries were *supposed* to have CDs
with the software available, but of course when I checked Friday they
didn't seem to know anything about it. So I downloaded the install.

(BTW, SimDesk is making this available in other places as well. There
is a SimOhio, and SimHouston - anyone interested might try a
www.sim(yourstate or city).com to see if it's available in your
location.)

I don't know what the suite is based on. My overall impression is
that, as the saying goes, it's better than a poke in the eye with a
sharp stick. Nothing stands out as being particularly remarkable --
all the apps seem pretty run of the mill to me. The word processor
will certainly produce documents more complex than a text editor, but
is nowhere near Word, WordPerfect or OpenOffice in capabilities. The
PIM seems pretty basic, as does the e-mail client. Some of the apps
are ones I'll almost surely never use -- SimMessenger, SimPrinter,
SimGroups. But if someone doesn't have a suite of apps like this and
is looking for one that's both relatively compact and free, it's not a
bad deal.

Other than using the e-mail client for an ad-free alternative e-mail
address is the Sim Explorer app, which gives you a virtual drive on
the Sim server. When I had a broadband connection I used XDrive for
offline storage, and with broadband it was like having a physical
rather than virtual drive. I like a virtual drive for off-site
storage. In the event of something really catastrophic happening, like
(God forbid) my house burning down, the CD backups of Important Stuff
stored in a file cabinet next to my computer aren't going to be much
help. The Sim virtual drive is intended to be used for files created
with their suite (since one of their big "claims to fame" here is that
docs can be accessed from anywhere), but I'm tempted to "stretch" that
and see how far they'll let me take it. Since I'm back to dial-up now,
the usefulness of a virtual drive is somewhat limited, but I can see
using it to store comparatively small WP docs created in Word or
OpenOffice.

It will be interesting to see what happens after the 2 year
"guaranteed" free period is over.

David Burton
(remove "nospam" from e-mail address)
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Thanks for the "review" David.

Regards
Gordon
 
John Fitzsimons said:
As people may not understand the header :

SimIndiana is a suite of powerful Internet-enabled productivity and
communications tools available to all Indiana state residents.
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People who live in Wyoming are soon going to have something similiar.
Wonder if its going to be national ?


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