Simon Wong wrote: > On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 10:10, Peter Hardy wrote: > > http://crossover.codeweavers.com > > > > It's wine, with funky extensions. It was written to let you use win32 > > plugins in linux-based browsers, but also lets you run the installed > > programs from the commandline. The newest version, in addition to > > QuickTime, Word/Excel/PowerPoint viewers, and shockwave, supports WMP. > > Peter, have you tried out this software? > > Will it let you run applications too? > > Is it stable enough to use reliably (not including the instability of > the software being run by it ;-)? > > I have a "licensed" copy of M$ Office and I might be tempted to make use > of this for my wife (okay, maybe me too, but only occasionally).
Re: Office. See the following press release: <http://codeweavers.com/about/press_releases/?id=20020327> CodeWeavers CrossOver Office Enables Linux� Users To Run Microsoft Office & Lotus Notes� Without Windows� Easy-to-Install Software Eliminates Microsoft OS Licensing Fees; Solution Targets Enterprise Linux Desktop Environments Re: Codeweavers: I'll add to Peter's comments with this: Codeweavers rox! I was quite impressed with their efforts. They remain open source, and charge a small fee for Crossover. (Their excellent WINE is free). And the small fees you do pay are being ploughed back into o/source :) -rickw P.S. I was impressed that Codeweavers WINE ran Quickbooks error free first time. Other WINE's have had trouble with Quickbooks and MYOB. No more Windows! Yeah! -- _____________________________________________ Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services Pty Limited *Innovation makes enemies of all those who prospered under the old regime...*, Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
