Thailand
Hewitt Tech
hewitt_tech at attbi.com
Sun May 11 09:54:54 EDT 2003
I guess I can answer my own question:
Codeweavers CrossOver Office: $54.95
Other options:
Win4Lin Workstation V4.0: electronic (download) $89.95 but requires a
Windows 98/98SE/ME license
VmWare Workstation 4.0: $299 electronic (download)
So I guess if you really must have the Microsoft stuff, in addition to
already owning the application you can choose these increasingly expensive
options. I suspect that the CodeWeavers and Win4Lin products would be
considered affordable for casual use but the VmWare product is pricey.
-Alex
P.S. I suppose we could assume that the user might already have the
necessary Windows licenses although Microsoft tries very hard to limit
transferring to new machines.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hewitt Tech" <hewitt_tech at attbi.com>
To: <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: Thailand
Is Crossover Office expensive?
-Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Feldman" <gaf at blu.org>
To: <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: Thailand
On Sun, 11 May 2003 08:56:55 -0400
"Hewitt Tech" <hewitt_tech at attbi.com> wrote:
> An important consideration is that by using Linux from the outset,
> their users won't become dependent on Microsoft applications to the
> extent that they won't use anything else. That's one of the biggest
> problems with suggesting that someone use Linux - the user is often
> completely unwilling to try anything that won't run their favorite
> application be that Word, Excel, Quicken, or some other "must have"
> application.
Yes, but fortunately these all run well under Crossover Office.
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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