I don't run MS apps but I cannot expect the same from my clients. I tried Office 95 under wine a few years ago and it worked (sort of).
Server side apps usually have little or no GUI. Some pre or post process data base requests on the client. I exepect to be in less trouble with these comapred to full blown GUI apps.. I am hoping to find someone who has tried one of these apps instead of the usual review of QuickBooks Pro and Office under wine. The MS tax ($600 and up) is 100% of the price of the server ($500 - $650). Jim Tarvid On Sunday 02 June 2002 09:19 pm, you wrote: > My 2 cents... NEVER run critical mission apps under wine. It ALFA, not > even beta yet. window$ apps are unstable by themselves.. under wine.. > you can figure... > > If you absolutely NEED win's API.. then win2k should provide you a > reasonable system, if properly configured of course. > > tarvid wrote: > > All the major PC manufacturers sell entry level servers without operating > > systems. (e.g. HP, Dell, Gateway). > > > > I am confident that Linux can handle most applications, even those with > > an SQL server back end. > > > > Server modules that depend on Win32 API are the exception. > > > > I have an application coming up for a client in the next 4 - 6 weeks and > > I'd like not to be embarrassed by dumping in Windows NT or 2000 Server at > > the last minute. > > > > I plan to test with "wine" and/or Codeweavers wine but I could use some > > insight on other's experiences. > > > > Jim Tarvid > > Wooky
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