Sorry, wrong words.  I used Citrix like everyone else.  I was just pointing out the hyperbole in the Post article...saying that only Microsoft users can apply is nonsense.

At 01:10 PM 2/17/2006, you wrote:
>Charlie,
>
>Do you mean that you used installed the Citrix Client on the Macs, and then
>was able to work on a PureEdge viewer application package remotely? We have
>done that here at our university as well; however, to my knowledge yours is
>the first I have heard of someone installing PureEdge on a Mac.
>
>
>If you have any questions or need further assistance please do not hesitate
>to contact me at 617-353-4365 or xxxxxx@bu.edu.
>
>Regards,
>Eleanor Greene
>Research Associate
>Office of Sponsored Programs
>Boston University
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On Behalf Of
>Charlie Hathaway
>Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 12:54 PM
>To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
>Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Success with grants.gov
>
>I am no fan of Microsoft, conclusions based on an N of 1, or any government
>policy operating on "the end justifies the means" rationale.  But this Post
>story was a big boo-hoo fed to the conspiracy addicts.  And since I was able
>this week to successfully install PureEdge on several Macs (albeit with the
>help of the universities of Wisconsin and Maryland more than Grants.gov),
>and we now hear of PureEdge applications going through error-free despite
>lack of sophisticated error checking, I am seeing a light at the Feb 2007
>end of the tunnel, and it looks more like a celebration than an apocalypse.
>
>
>CH
>
>At 12:22 PM 2/17/2006, you wrote:
>>It only takes one winner to generate millions in lottery ticket sales.
>>
>>Seriously though, here is a cross-posting from the AAMC Clinicmail:
>>--------------
>>
>>The Washington Post featured a story this week about problems with
>>Grants.gov.  The article begins, "What if the federal government were
>>about to give away more than $400 billion in grants, but only people
>>whose computers ran on Microsoft software could apply? That is the
>>predicament that many scientists, scholars and others say they are in as
>>the government enters the final phase of its five-year effort to
>>streamline its grant-application process."  The Grants.gov system is
>>being constructed by Northrop Grumman under a $22 million federal
>>contract.
>>
>>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/12/AR200602
>>1200942.html
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On
>>Behalf Of Lucretia Hollingshed
>>Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 10:04 AM
>>To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
>>Subject: [RESADM-L] Success with grants.gov
>>
>>Just wanted to let you know we submitted a Department of Education grant
>>without any problems.
>>
>>Lucretia Hollingshed
>>Pre-award Specialist
>>Grants & Contracts Office
>>Mercer University
>>Macon, GA  31207
>>478-301-2328
>>
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