On Thursday 30 January 2003 05:14 pm, you wrote: > Ok, I can understand MYOB, the stubbord bastards refuse to port to Linux > but an open source program is the works to replicate its functionality > from what I hear. Now, as for Excel, what about gnumeric?? I can open > excel spreadsheets with it just fine....One Windows box (or a dual > booter/vmware whateva) in an organisation/office is more than enough for > those legacy apps,
I'm considering experimenting with win4lin over the next few days, having received a *genuwhine* MS Windows 98 CDROM with my newish PC and wanting to do something with it. Using it as a frisbee just doesn't seem right - it's not that aerodynamically stable. It's reportedly a lot faster than vmware and a lot less resource-hungry - anyone got copies of unused Windows apps I could use on win4lin to experiment with? For a consideration, of course ... And I could report back to the users group on its strengths and weaknesses so you would know what to expect. Wesley Parish for the rest of the office, Linux should more than > suffice IMHO. > > Regards, > > J > > DSA wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > > > >>Now I'm not a bigot here, and I'm always ready to listen to other > > > >points > > > >>of view, so lets hear what is "most missed' from linux from you/your > >>customer's point of view?? > > > >Most often cause of concern is that they already have existing Windows > >based software, such as MYOB, or Excel based spreadsheets. Quite > >rightly, if you had just purchased an upgrade for your MYOB package, you > >would want a system that could use it. > > > >Although you can open a word document in, for instance Kword, if you > >already had MS Office installed, and your staff where comfortable using > >it, why would install another package? > > > >If, however, a new business came to me for advice about installing a > >brand new OS and application suite, and they were un-encumbered with > >previously purchased application software, then I would suggest using, > >say Redhat with open|star|k office that comes freely bundled. After all, > >that's what I use for my business. -- Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
