Michael Hipp wrote: > I have a client that is considering switching to Linux on his desktops. > Yippee! Here's the app list we have to replace: > > Windows XP -> Red Hat 7.3 Pro > MS Word -> StarOffice 6.0 > MS Excel -> " > MS PowerPnt -> " > MS Outlook -> Evolution (???) > MS Access -> (keep a Win machine handy???) > QuickBooks -> (keep a Win machine handy???) > Palm sync -> ??? > > Is Evolution really a good replacement for Outlook? What do I do about > syncing the Palm?
There are quite a few options for this. See freshmeat for suggestions. > > This client is an attorney; very smart, tired of Windows. I already have a > server ready to go in his office (Dell PowerEdge 500SC with Red Hat 7.3 > Pro). > > Thoughts? Advice? Either StarOffice-6.0 (if he's willing to spend the money) or OpenOffice-1.0 for Excel, Powerpoint stuff. In fact, i'd say, instead of keeping additional hardware around, use VMware if he really must have any of the M$-Office stuff, or access/quickbooks. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com 5:05pm up 72 days, 23:53, 2 users, load average: 0.05, 0.20, 0.30 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
