Re: FrameMaker Vs Word

Subject: Re: FrameMaker Vs Word
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 01:04:31 -0800


LDurway -at- pav -dot- com wrote:


Isn't there some sort of hosted Windows package that you can run on UNIX so that you can run Windows apps?

Take your pick:

- WINE
- bosch
- vmWare
- Win4Lin

All have limitations, especially if you need to use ActiveX, but for an ordinary office application, all do a reasonable job. The Windows apps run slower using most of these programs, but if your machine is less than three years old, the speed should be acceptable.

vmWare, I should mention, is also available for Windows, in case you'd like to try Linux or some other operating system without changing your machine's configuration much.

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Bruce Byfield bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com 604.421.7177

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- Thomas Hardy, "The Return of the Native"





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