Thanks,
I'll give these a look.
Carson
--- Greg Schmidt <slugmail@gschmidt.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 May 2002, Carson Wilcox wrote:
>
> > What I need to do is run M$word and I hate to
> reboot
> > to windows to do it.
> > I normally use OpenOffice but have some docs at
> work
> > that simply don't convert well enough to do that.
> >
> > Any Ideas, and please don't suggest that the
> company
> > switch because that isn't about to happen, not in
> my
> > life time, as much as I'd like it to. At any rate,
> I'm
> > a consultant and will be long gone before they
> > consider it.
> >
> > Carson
> >
> Well, you could try WINE http://www.winehq.com. It
> doesn't implement the
> full API, but it might have what you need. It's
> LGPL.
>
> You could try VMWare. http://www.vmware.com. You
> can run Linux native
> with a Windows virtual machine. You will still need
> to install Windows.
> A download eval copy is available.
>
> You could try Virtual PC. http://www.connectix.com/
> It runs on Windows,
> but will let you run your Linux OS without
> dual-booting. Also has a
> downloadable trial version.
>
> There are probably others. Any of these solutions
> will be much easier if
> your client can supply the Windows software they
> want you to use.
>
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