On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:55:26 +1100
Peter Rundle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Terry,
> 
> > Just checking applications for folks making the transistion.
> > 
> > Looking for apps/?  that provide/emulate "ms windows" on Linux.
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> I've been watching wine for years and I feel that it's just never
> going to make it. At one stage I managed to get Word and Excel working
> under it but then they changed to the new system with the dosdevices
> directory and I haven't been able to get them working since. Also even
> though Excel was "working" I couldn't get the Visual basic stuff to
> work, which is the only reason I'd use Excel, to deal with a spread
> sheet with a VB macro in it. However I hear that codeweavers
> cross-over office seems to be more reliable (don't know what the
> codeweavers secret is as it's based on wine).

I have to say that I feel the same about Wine. I run a legal application
that uses Folio Views (Terrible software!) and it is a real pain to get
in running every time that Wine changes. Since the latest dosdevices
change I haven't been able to get it going at all.

Cheers,
Alan

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