also, if he's desperate to run windows apps, try downloading and installing
the free trial version of vmware (www.download.com's linux area) - it let's
you install windows 3.1, 95, 98,. NT and DOS on your linux box that run in
windows within your linux environment....the best of both worlds....
Don
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On Fri, 25
Jun 1999, you wrote: > > He has asked me this simple question: Suppose > >
that he gets some > > work done at work under Excel, Word or Corel and > > he
wants to > > continue the same work at home where he has a Linux > > machine.
What > > chances has he got in porting is work from the Dos
> > environment to
> > Linux.
> Hy, I have found it very easy to open and use Excel and Word files
> from windows with StarOffice in Linux. Also, Wordperfect for Linux
> handles Word files nicely. Haven't tried it with Excel, though.
> Point out to your friend how silly it is to have one company in
> charge of all the desktops in the world. Tell him about the viruses
> that rage through systems that rely on that company.
> adios, STeve
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