Re: [PLUG] wine, quicken, installshield, and hair on the floor

[mike_phillips@urscorp.com]

> I'll try it - last WINE version I tried was the 200102xx. Before that, 
it
> was the 200012xx, and also 2 different CodeWeaver WINE previews.

I run whichever version is latest in debian/unstable, so of course updates 
are a breeze.

> GnuCash doesn't do online banking yet.

Fair enough. 

> Any idea how well does StarOffice do with MS Access dbs? Especially ones
> with macros/modules?

Good question, I honestly don't know as all my databases are on the server 
(either at work and SQL server - urrgh, or Postgres, so I connect with 
either ODBC or direct to Postgress - pgaccess is very nice).

> Win4Lin is much faster and cheaper, altho not as comprehensive as the 
full
> VMWare. There is a VMWare Express, that only does Win9x, that's like 1/3 
the
> price.

Yep, I picked it up when you could get the hobby version for $99 and the 
license works with all the full versions. Although it is a serious memory 
hog. For a Win98 machine given 128mb its taking up 160mb of real memory. 
On my PIII 500/256mb laptop performance is not an issue, it probably runs 
at about the speed that a 333mhz regular machine would. It is nice to be 
able to run any OS within vmware though. 

> If you'll be back in Philly by July, Len Rosenthal and I will be giving 
a
> talk at PLUG about our experiences using Windows programs under Linux.

The job up here is meant to be over the end of July, I may be home during 
the month anyway as we've got visitors from over the pond coming at some 
point.

Mike


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