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. <SNIP> > 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 <SNIP> -- ------------------------------------------------------ Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
