On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Does anybody know if Caldera's WABI will run on a Debian system? > Caldera's web page kind of says "maybe".
I had a short correspndance with [EMAIL PROTECTED] and their position make sense. They can't guarentee in won't run on anything but CND. This is like somebody asking if the debian lyx package will work on slackware. How should we know? Debian has a package system that can guarentee results that are _proveably_ correct (strange hardware problems, etc. not withstanding). Likewise, Caldera's method of guarenteeing any of their products work is to tell you to install the whole CND distribution. They know what packages are their. Their current packagin system is based on RedHat 2.1, so they don't have dependencies. Caldera told me that it they feel it is a very stable product and I should use my own judgement. They will only provide support for CND customers however. They give you 5 free support calls if you own CND. I priced WABI here in Tokyo at Y40,000 (about $400), but I'm getting the whole CND package+WABI direct from Caldera for $277 shipped, so I'll get support. I'll ask them about producing an installer .deb file after I get it. By the by, for reasons that are mostly, but not entirely, technical, Caldera will no longer be basin their OS on RedHat linux. They purchased Linux FT ans will base their next release (Caldera Open Linux or COL) on that. The sales rep I spoke with was unsure as to what package format they would be using. Maybe Bruce and Ian should give them a call? It would be very cool to have Caldera switch to using .deb format packages, eh? > > I'm tempted to pay the $200 just so I can run Quicken without > booting up DOS/Windows. > > I haven't checked for awhile, but I assume that WINE is still > a long ways away. I couldn't tolerate having my Quicken files > corrupted! Well, if its anything like Sun's wabi, you need to install windows with it, and install any apps you need to use. Unlike wine, you cant just execute a program a la wine prog.exe. You should be able to set up a virtual drive letter for any mounted filesystem (or directory structure) if memory serves. I haven't used WABI for a while (1.0 or so). I'll let you know when I get it. I'm hoping to mount my ccdata directory via smbmount and use WABI to do CCMail. I don't kow about sending, but I should be able to read. We'll see. Richard G. Roberto [EMAIL PROTECTED] 011-81-3-3437-7967 - Tokyo, Japan -- ******************************************************************************* Bear Stearns is not responsible for any recommendation, solicitation, offer or agreement or any information about any transaction, customer account or account activity contained in this communication. ******************************************************************************* -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]