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That is a possible solution, but I have to go hunt down a non-oem
version of whichever SQL server it was, and have to purchase another
Windows server license. That may come out to be cheaper, but I'd rather
not do that if it is possible.
- - Scott Grizzard
scott@scottgrizzard.com
http://www.scottgrizzard.com/
Eben King wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jun 2009, Scott Grizzard wrote:
>
>> I have a client with a custom (I have all the source code) legacy
>> VB6/SQL Server application. I am trying to rid him of "that evil OS",
>> but this "custom" application won't run in Wine (yet). It also depends
>> on this older version of SQL, and I need it to work with MySQL or PgSql.
>>
>> Does anyone have an idea of how I could port this "thing" off Windows
>> and on to our favorite operating system? (where users could then VNC
>> into the silly thing and still use it) Mono won't work - the "thing" is
>> written in .com, and Mono only supports .Net.
>
> You could try VMware Player. It's free, and there are instructions out
> there for giving it an arbitrary disk file. Since it emulates a real
> x59 box, it's most likely compatible with about everything.
>
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